Monument Number 1058885 |
Hob Uid: 1058885 | |
Location : Dorset Child Okeford
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Grid Ref : ST8430013100 |
Summary : Probable Post Medieval marl pits on Hambledon Hill. The earthworks on Hambledon Hill were surveyed by RCHME in 1996. See the archive report for full details. Four quarries, probably of Post Medieval origin, were recorded in the survey area. The two largest cut into the northern end of the hillfort spur (ST 81 SW 10), damaging the Iron Age ramparts. A map of 1767 indicates that the largest, centred at ST 8430 1310, was already of considerable size by that date. The Ordnance Survey first edition indicates that it expanded its scale of operation in the 19th century, with a lime kiln on site, which survived until after 1901 (the date of the second edition). The other three marl pits were already disused by the late 19th century. |
More information : (various NGRS) Between late May and late August 1996 the Cambridge and Exeter offices of RCHME carried out an earthwork survey and aerial photographic interpretation of the complex of monuments on Hambledon Hill as part of the project to record Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic period (1).
Four marl quarries, probably of Post-Medieval origin, were recorded in the survey area. The two largest cut into the northern end of the hillfort spur, damaging the Iron Age ramparts. A map of 1767 (1a) indicates that the largest, centred at ST 8430 1310, was already of considerable size by that date. The Ordnance Survey First Edition indiactes that it expanded its scale of operation in the C19th, with a lime kiln on site, which survived until after 1901 (Second Edition). The other three marl pits were already disused by the late C19th.
For further information, see RCHME Level 3 client report and plan at 1:1000 scale, held in Archive. (1)
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