Monument record MDO30468 - Post medieval chalk pit, Puddletown

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Summary

A post medieval chalk pit is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery and the 1st edition OS map, immediately to the south of Puddletown.

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A post medieval chalk pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs mmediately to the south of Puddletown. The pit is located on Portsdown Chalk Formation and measures 75 m by 20 m. (1-2) The pit is marked on the 1st edition OS map. (3) This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 25-FEB-1945. RAF 106G/LA149 2001-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2008. Google Earth 2008.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7591 9383 (28m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY79SE
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 13 2014 2:25PM

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