Monument record MDO46428 - Post medieval chalk pits, Warren Close Plantation, Winterborne Whitechurch

Six hollows are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947, in the field to the east of Warren Close Plantation, Winterborne Whitechurch. They range in size 14m to 42m across and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. They are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits.

Six hollows are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947, and lidar imagery, in the field to the east of Warren Close Plantation, Winterborne Whitechurch <1-3>. They range in size 14m to 42m across and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. They are considered likely to be post medieval chalk pits.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 RS 4121 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19892.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2353 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19923.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Record last edited

Sep 28 2023 10:56AM