Monument record MDO27508 - Chalk pits, Farm Hill Bottom, Maiden Newton

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Summary

Chalk pits shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Additional chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, distributed across the area of Farm Hill Bottom and Hogg Cliff Bottom. The features were all digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Chalk pits shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885 (1). Additional chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, distributed across the area of Farm Hill Bottom and Hogg Cliff Bottom (2, 3). The features were all digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. Some of the features are still vivible as earthworks and cropmarks on current Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-48. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4274-5.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-OCT-71. RAF/39/3812 V 0257-8.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6121 9721 (410m by 450m) (134 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Maiden Newton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 19 2020 2:55PM

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