Monument record MDO32082 - Medieval or post medieval chalk pits, south west of Chaldon Herring

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Two medieval or post medieval chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s to the south west of Chaldon Herring.

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Two medieval or post medieval chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s to the south west of Chaldon Herring. The pits measure 19 m by 21 m and 28 m by 15 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 3271-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 13-mar-1971. NMR SY 7882/1-2 NMR 565/4837-8.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7852 8261 (point) (36 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 4 2014 10:08AM

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