Monument record MDO41997 - Post medieval chalk pit, Chilfrome

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the east of Grove Stall, Chilfrome. It is marked as a small copse on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map. It is one of a number of chalk pits in the vicinity which are visible on lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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A post medieval extractive pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the east of Grove Stall, Chilfrome. It is marked as a small copse on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map. It is one of a number of chalk pits in the vicinity which are visible on lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project [1-2].

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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 SY 5834 9934 (point)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Chilfrome; Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2021 10:26AM

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