Monument record MDO37843 - Chalk pit, Chilfrome

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Summary

A pit shown on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map, on which it is described as 'Old Chalk Pit'. The chalk pit is visible on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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Full Description

A chalk pit is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map and is considered most likely to be of early nineteenth-century date [1]. The feature is visible on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project [2].

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 58888 99384 (16m by 22m) (18 map features)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Chilfrome; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 20 2020 12:34PM

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