Monument record MDO42883 - Post medieval chalk pits, Grimstone Down, Stratton

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Summary

A group of four irregular sub-circular pit are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on Grimstone Down, Stratton. Three of the features are recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, the larger of these recorded as an old chalk pit. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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A group of four irregular sub-circular pit are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on Grimstone Down, Stratton (1). Three of the features are recorded on the OS 1st Edition map, the larger of these recorded as an old chalk pit (2). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The features are still visible as earthworks 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 6451 9572 (point) (77 map features)
Map sheet SY69NW
Civil Parish Stratton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 9:19AM

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