Monument record MDO42350 - Post medieval chalk pits, Wraxall

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Summary

An 'Old Chalk Pit' is shown on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map on the western edge of Wraxall Wood. A large chalk pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. It is associated with a number of smaller, presumably contemporary, pits.

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An 'Old Chalk Pit' is shown on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map on the western edge of Wraxall Wood [1]. A large chalk pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project [2]. It is associated with a number of smaller, presumably contemporary, pits.

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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 ST 5595 0086 (point) (89 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish Wraxall; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 1:47PM

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