Monument record MDO20905 - Highfield Plantation: chalk pits

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A series of extractive pits are visible as cropmarks and low earthworks, they may be post medieval chalk pits although an earlier origin is possible.

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A series of extractive pits run along the ridge to the north of Forty Acre and Highfield Plantations. They are visible as cropmarks and low earthworks and may be post medieval chalk pits although an earlier origin is possible. {1-2}

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4261-3.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 29-OCT-1997. NMR SY6691 9-10 (15846/10-11).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 66493 91734 (738m by 500m) (11 map features)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Bradford Peverell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2012 10:01AM

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