Monument record MDO24722 - Upper Loscombe, hollow

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Summary

Probable post medieval chalk pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. A tumuli is shown here on the modern OS map.

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A hollow of uncertain date and function is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1}. A tumuli is shown here on the modern OS map, possibly indicating the site of a Bronze Age barrow. This hollow may be related to this feature. Alternatively it could be the site of a post medieval extractive pit. This feature was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4279-81.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 61592 88580 (26m by 24m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY68NW
Civil Parish Winterbourne Steepleton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2012 10:03AM

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