Monument record MDO31930 - Post medieval chalk pits, Belhuish Farm, West Lulworth

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Summary

A disused pit is marked at this location on the OS 1:10,000 scale map. It is one of a number of hollows visible earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1970 which are considered to be the result of post medieval chalk quarrying.

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TA disused pit is marked at this location on the OS 1:10,000 scale map. It is one of a number of hollows visible earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1970 which are considered to be the result of post medieval chalk quarrying. (1). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. The features are still visible as an extant earthworks on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0051-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2430-1.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 83146 82665 (86m by 191m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish West Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2014 11:21AM

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