Monument record MDO32167 - Post medieval chalk pit, Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring

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A post medieval chalk pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring.

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A post medieval chalk pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring. The pit is sub-rectangular in shape and measures approximately 9 m by 18 m. (1) The pit is not visible on the most recent comprehensive photography available to the project. (2) This feature was 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 3270-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7907 8223 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2014 2:20PM

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