Monument record MDO30061 - Post medieval or modern extractive pit, Lower Hyde Heath, Bere Regis

An area of shallow linear earthworks and banks are visible on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Lower Hyde Heath. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern extractive activity.

An area of shallow linear earthworks and banks are visible on aerial photographs (1-2) and Lidar imagery (3) of Lower Hyde Heath. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval or modern extractive activity. Alternatively they could be associated with Second World War military activities in this area. This site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. Some of these features are still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2058-59 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13159.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4079-80 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13163.

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2013 2:16PM