Monument record MDO44224 - Post medieval chalk pit, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery between the River Winterbourne and the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway immediately west of Sturminster Marshall. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project and considered to be a post medieval chalk pit or quarry.

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A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery [1] between the River Winterbourne and the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway immediately west of Sturminster Marshall. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project and considered to be a post medieval chalk pit or quarry.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Grid reference ST 9442 0002 (point)
Map sheet ST90SW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2022 4:15PM

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