Monument record MDO46791 - Probable post medieval chalk pits, Lytchett Matravers

Several irregular hollows in fields to the northwest of Lower Loop Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Several irregular hollows in fields to the northwest of Lower Loop Farm, Lytchett Matravers, are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2, 3]. The features are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3072 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19967.

<2> Royal Air Force, 05-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3074 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19968.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Jul 20 2023 3:13PM