Monument record MDO39867 - Post medieval chalk pit, Gussage All Saints

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit is visible to the northeast of Gussage All Saints on current Lidar imagery and is recorded as Old Chalk Pit on the OS 1st Edition map. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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A post medieval extractive pit 25m long by 15.5m wide (at widest extent) is visible to the northeast of Gussage All Saints on current Lidar imagery (1). The pit is marked as Old Chalk Pit on the OS 1st Edition map (2). The site is located at the southwest corner of a cropping field and under tree cover on current Google Earth imagery. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0126 1038 (point) (34 map features)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2018 1:25PM

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