A circular pit and an associated bank is visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs. It is of uncertain date and function, most probably the site of a post medieval chalk pit or a dew pond.
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A circular pit and an associated bank is visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs {1-2}. It is of uncertain date and function, most probably the site of a post medieval chalk pit or a dew pond. This feature was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project
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<1> SDO11888
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4275-7.
Centred SY 63474 89007 (33m by 32m) (3 map features)
Map sheet
SY68NW
Civil Parish
Winterborne St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
Other Statuses/References
None recorded
Record last edited
May 1 2012 6:05AM
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