Monument record MDO51210 - Medieval leat, Chetnole Mill, Chetnole

A section of a former mill leat at Chetnole Mill is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery. The leat is shown on the OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map, published in 1888. The leat is still visible as extant and running up to and below the mill building on a 1947 aerial photograph. This section of the former leat is still extant below trees on 2025 Google Earth imagery.

The course of a former mill leat associated with Chetnole Mill is depicted on the OS Epoch 1 6" to the mile map, published in 1888. The leat is still visible as extant and running up to and below the mill building on a 1947 aerial photograph. The southern section of the leat remains extant, and is visible as an earthwork in LiDAR imagery, below an area of trees visible in 2025 Google Earth imagery. The northern section has been filled in and built over (OS 1888; RAF 1947; EA 2022; GE 2025).

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, Dorset Sheet XXI.NE, published 1888 (Map). SDO17338.

<2> Royal Air Force, xx-xxx-1947, RAF VAP 1974-4056 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21976.

<3> Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

<4> Google Earth, 16-04-2025, Google Earth Imagery 2025 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21533.

Record last edited

Oct 23 2026 10:13AM