Monument record MDO23991 - Tenants Hill, post medieval chalk pits

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A series of disused chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the western end of Tenants Hill.

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A series of disused chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on the western end of Tenants Hill {1-2}. Some are marked on the OS 1st Edition Map. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3100-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3304-5.

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Grid reference Centred SY 5670 8819 (426m by 130m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY58NE
Civil Parish Long Bredy; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 27 2012 1:34AM

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