Monument record MDO42047 - Post medieval chalk pits, Toller Porcorum

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Summary

An 'Old Chalk Pit' is marked on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map to the southeast of Westwood Coppice, Toller Porcorum. It is one of a number of extractive hollows which are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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An 'Old Chalk Pit' is marked on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map to the southeast of Westwood Coppice, Toller Porcorum [1]. It is one of a number of extractive hollows which are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project [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 5569 9601 (point) (140 map features)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Toller Porcorum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2020 12:05PM

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