Monument record MDO44363 - Post medieval chalk pit, Tarrant Rawston

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Summary

A sub-oval ditched hollow is visible as an earthwork in a field to the west of Tarrant Rushton, in Tarrant Rawston parish, on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is considered likely to be a post-medieval chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A sub-oval ditched hollow is visible as an earthwork in a field to the west of Tarrant Rushton, in Tarrant Rawston parish, on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is considered likely to be a post-medieval chalk pit. A small copse of trees is shown at this location on the OS 1st Edition c1880 map, although no pit or quarry is doumented [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference ST 9340 0588 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Rawston; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 13 2022 11:32AM

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