Monument record MDO31189 - Post medieval extractive pits, Bere Regis
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Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
An area of possible post medieval possible extractive pits, or natural solution holes, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1944 and 1947 to the west of Bere Regis. The pits are located on the edge of Portsdown Chalk Formation. They are visible over an area measuring approximately 280 m by 125 m and measure between 37 m by 27 m and 3 m in diameter. (1-3) These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
<1> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5018-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13597.
<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 4063-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13599.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 8374 9436 (257m by 248m) (11 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY89SW |
Civil Parish | Bere Regis; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Jul 17 2014 1:32PM