Monument record MDO42882 - Post medieval chalk pit, Grimstone Down, Stratton

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Summary

An irregular sub-circular pit is visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs on the south side of Grimstone Down, Stratton. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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An irregular sub-circular pit is visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs on the south side of Grimstone Down, Stratton (1). The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map (2). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The feature is still visible as a cropmark on current Google Earth imagery (3).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 02-FEB-71. SY6495/10 (NMR285/283).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. XX-XXX-2010. Google Earth 2010.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6468 9508 (point) (70 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 9:14AM

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