Monument record MDO40461 - Post medieval extractive pit, Wimborne St Giles

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the west of Wimborne St Giles is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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A post medieval extractive pit to the west of Wimborne St Giles is visible on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Lidar imagery (1 and 2). The extractive pit is sub-oval in form and measures 36.4m by 49m. It is recorded as 'old chalk pit' on the oS 1st Edition map (3). The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-APR-47. RAF/CPE/UK/2038 RS 4106-7.
  • <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.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0173 1204 (point) (70 map features)
Map sheet SU01SW
Civil Parish Wimborne St Giles; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 23 2018 1:15PM

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