Monument record MDO32078 - Post medieval extraction, Brimstone Bottom, Owermoigne

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Two scarps, probably evidence of post medieval chalk extraction, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Brimstone Bottom, Owermoigne.

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Two scarps, probably evidence of post medieval chalk extraction, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Brimstone Bottom, Owermoigne. The scarps measure between 31 m by 11 m and 45 m by 13 m. (1) These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4440-1.

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Grid reference SY 7689 8261 (point) (44 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Owermoigne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2014 9:37AM

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