Monument record MDO31990 - Post medieval extractive pits, Newlands Farm, West Lulworth

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Summary

A wide linear bank is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1970 to the west of Newlands Farm. It is potentially a large spoilheap associated with post medieval chalk quarrying.

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A wide linear bank is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1970 to the west of Newlands Farm (1). It is potentially a large spoilheap associated with post medieval chalk quarrying. The site has since been plough-levelled and no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-FEB-1970. RAF 58/0254 0004-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 80994 81003 (46m by 75m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish West Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 17 2014 3:44PM

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