Monument record MDO43049 - Post medieval chalk pit, Sheephouse Bottom, Up Cerne

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Summary

An elongated scarped feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs on Sheephouse Bottom, Up Cerne. The feature is recorded as an old chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

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Full Description

An elongated scarped feature is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs on Sheephouse Bottom, Up Cerne (1). The feature is recorded as an old chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map (2). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project. The feature is under trees and no longer visible on current Google Earth imagery.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-47. RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1051-2.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6427 0290 (point) (122 map features)
Map sheet ST60SW
Civil Parish Up Cerne; Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2021 4:01PM

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