Monument record MDO49994 - Post medieval chalk pits, Winterborne Houghton

Three post medieval extractive pits are visible as sub-circular ditched earthworks to the southeast of Houghton Wood, Winterborne Houghton, on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map of c1880. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Three post medieval extractive pits are visible as sub-circular ditched earthworks to the southeast of Houghton Wood, Winterborne Houghton, on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features are recorded as old chalk pits on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map of c1880 (OS c1880). They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2170 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21615.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

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Dec 30 2025 1:09PM