Monument record MDO42354 - Post medieval chalk pits, Rampisham

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Summary

'Old Chalk Pits' are marked on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map to the south of Rampishan village. Two large chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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'Old Chalk Pits' are marked on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map to the south of Rampishan village [1]. Two large chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs [2] and were digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2390.

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Location

Grid reference ST 5597 0169 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet ST50SE
Civil Parish Rampisham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 5:58PM

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