Monument record MDO40189 - Post medieval chalk pit, Gales Cottage, Moor Crichel

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Summary

A Chalk Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the west of Gales Cottage. The site is still visible as earthworks on lidar imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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A Chalk Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the west of Gales Cottage (1). The site is still visible as earthworks on lidar imagery (2) and as a cropmark on aerial photographs (3). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

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  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2015. Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2014. Digital vertical aerial photographs.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0005 0792 (point)
Map sheet SU00NW
Civil Parish Moor Crichel; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2018 5:25PM

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