Monument record MDO31067 - Post medieval extractive pit, Round Down, Swanage

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A post medieval extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 on Round Down, Swanage.

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A post medieval extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 on Round Down, Swanage. The pit is situated on chalk and measures approximately 60 m by 50 m. (1) A lime kiln is reported in the centre of the quarry (see MDO8037). These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-MAY-1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/206/PART I 5005-6.

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Grid reference Centred SZ 0165 8089 (63m by 54m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SZ08SW
Civil Parish Swanage; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2014 3:58PM

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