Monument record MDO28953 - Historic extractive pit or Second World War bomb crater, Arne Heath, Arne

A large circular pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Arne Heath taken in 1947. Its size suggests it is probably the remains of a medieval or later extractive pit. Alternatively it could be the site of a bomb crater associated with Second World War activities in this area.

A large circular pit, approximately 28.6m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of Arne Heath taken in 1947 (1). Its size suggests it is probably the remains of a medieval or later extractive pit. Alternatively it could be the site of a bomb crater associated with Second World War activities in this area. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (2), the area now being under forestry plantation.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1930 F20 3056-57 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12760.

<2> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

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Jul 24 2013 4:56PM