Pit / Hollow

A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation

Dewpond

Within this category you have the following sub-types:

  • Bomb Crater
    • A depression in the ground caused by the explosion of a mine or bombshell.
      • Charcoal Burning Platform
        • An area of flattened or compacted ground used for charcoal burning
      • Dewpond
        • A shallow pond, often artificial, fed by the condensation of water from the air, occurring on high land which has no other adequate water supply.
      • Extractive Pit
        • Surface workings including shallow shafts, lode workings, open-pit methods and quarrying including some mines of stone, clays, compounds, etc.
      • Pond
        • A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. State this purpose where known, e.g ornamental pond, duck pond, decoy pond
      • Quarry
        • An excavation from which stone for building and other functions, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
      Mill Pond, Fontwell Magna,
      (note the “broken glass” effect where the lidar has been absorbed by the surface water)
      disused chalk pits adjacent to A350