Monument record MDO31348 - Post medieval extractive pit or swallow hole, Affpuddle

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit or swallow hole is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery immediately to the south of Affpuddle.

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A post medieval extractive pit or swallow hole is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery immediately to the south of Affpuddle. The pit is located on chalk bedrock. It is sub-oval and measures 54 m by 43 m. (1) This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8063 9344 (61m by 64m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2014 11:11AM

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