Monument record MDO31486 - Post medieval chalk pit, Ailwood Down, Corfe Castle

A post medieval chalk pit it marked on the First Edition OS map, located on the southern side of Ailwood Down, Corfe Castle. A pit is visible as an earthwork at this location on aerial photographs.

A post medieval chalk pit it marked on the First Edition OS map <1>, located on the southern side of Ailwood Down, Corfe Castle. A pit is visible as an earthwork at this location on aerial photographs <2>. This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Dorset County Council, 2002, VAP (Aerial Photograph). SDO13141.

<3> Papworth M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 112,368 (Unpublished document). SWX1388.

‘A chalk pit cut into the south side of the chalk ridge at the base of a steep slope lies north-west of Ailwood Down. The 1891 6” to one mile map indicates that it was in use at that time. It is approximately 50m in diameter.’

Record last edited

Aug 2 2018 9:32AM