Monument record MDO48445 - Possible post medieval extractive pit, Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas

An irregular area of disturbed ground truncating parts of the earthworks of Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is considered to possibly be a post medieval extractive pit but might include surviving elements of the abbey earthworks. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

An irregular area of disturbed ground truncating parts of the earthworks of Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is considered to possibly be a post medieval extractive pit but might include surviving elements of the abbey earthworks (MDO21729). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 11-AUG-2000, NMR 18909/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20900.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Aug 21 2024 12:59PM