Monument record MDO38800 - Post medieval chalk pit, Park Cottage, Broadwindsor

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Summary

A post medieval chalk pit to the northeast of Park Cottage, Broadwindsor, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s and on the latest Lidar imagery. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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A post medieval chalk pit to the northeast of Park Cottage, Broadwindsor, is visible as an earthwork around 22m long on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and on the latest Lidar imagery (2). The site is shown as 'old chalk pit' on the OS 1st Edition map (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1337-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DTM. ST4303dtm.1m.acs.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 44744 03591 (point) (33 map features)
Map sheet ST40SW
Civil Parish Broadwindsor; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 26 2019 11:54AM

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