Monument record MDO32159 - Medieval or post medieval chalk pit, south of East Farm, Owermoigne

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A medieval or post medieval chalk pit is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of the 1940s immediately to the east of Hill Dairy, Owermoigne.

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A medieval or post medieval chalk pit is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of the 1940s immediately to the east of Hill Dairy, Owermoigne. The quarry pit is sub rectangular and measures approximately 80 m by 40 m. (1) The pit is marked on the 1st edition OS map. (2) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 29-OCT-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1809 3034-5.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7788 8456 (point) (107 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Owermoigne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2014 12:03PM

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