Monument record MDO32079 - Post medieval chalk pits, Holworth, Owermoigne

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A group of post medieval chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Holworth, Owermoigne.

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A group of post medieval chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Holworth, Owermoigne. The pits measure between 12 m in diameter and 73 m by 34 m and are visible over an area measuring approximately 270 m by 256 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/1824 3273-4.

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Grid reference SY 7687 8301 (point) (89 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Owermoigne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2014 9:48AM

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