Monument record MDO39910 - Historic extractive pit, Horton Common Crossing, Horton

A linear hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 running roughly east-west across Horton Common. The feature is 35m long and between 2.5 and 3m wide; it is considered likely to be an extractive feature. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A linear hollow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 running roughly east-west across Horton Common (1). The feature is 35m long and between 2.5 and 3m wide; it is considered likely to be an extractive feature. The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site is not vsible on recent vertical photographs being under tree-cover, it is presumed levelled however as it is also not visible on lidar imagery (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4089-90 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15608.

<2> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

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Feb 14 2018 5:18PM