Monument record MDO20642 - Half Moon Coppice: chalk pits

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Summary

A group of fourty-six pits are visible as cropmark on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits.

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A group of fourty-six pits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits. {1} They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 1972. DCC 012-073-0121.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3282-4.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 1972. DCC 012-073-0079.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 71465 85068 (1292m by 643m) (95 map features)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Broadmayne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2012 10:51AM

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