Monument record MDO31906 - Undated hollow way, Old Down Barn, Chaldon Herring

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Summary

A wide hollow is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Old Barn Down. It runs towards the post medieval chalk pit described in MDO31905 and is possibly a hollow way associated with it.

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A wide hollow is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs to the south of Old Barn Down (1). It runs towards the post medieval chalk pit described in MDO31905 and is possibly a hollow way associated with it. The feature is visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on recent Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2436-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2005. Google Earth.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 80091 81980 (113m by 73m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2014 11:24AM

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