Monument record MDO43130 - Post medieval quarry, Folly Hill, Cattistock

An irregular ditched feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs on Folly Hill, Cattistock. The feature is recorded as an old quarry on the OS 1st Edition map and is probably post medieval in date. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

An irregular ditched feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs on Folly Hill, Cattistock (1). The 64.5m long by up to 17.8m wide feature is recorded as an old quarry on the OS 1st Edition map and is probably post medieval in date (2). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The feature is still visible on 2010 Google Earth imagery (3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-47, RAF/CPE/UK/1794 RP 3381-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16912.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2010, Google Earth 2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16568.

Record last edited

Feb 26 2021 8:23AM