Monument record MDO23766 - Chalk Pit, Higher Ashton Farm, Winterborne St Martin

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Summary

Two chalk pits, one of which is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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Two chalk pits, one of which is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885 {1}. Visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {2,3} and digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1061-3.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 24-JAN-2008. LIDAR D0089661.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 65950 87936 (58m by 50m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Civil Parish Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jun 3 2014 11:04AM

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