Monument record MDO20748 - Whitcombe Down: chalk pits and trackway

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Summary

Ten pits and an associated trackway are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits.

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Ten pits an an associated trackway are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits. {1-2}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 09-MAR-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2475 4008-10.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4263-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 71098 87019 (300m by 294m) (13 map features)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Whitcombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2012 5:58PM

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