Monument record MDO45613 - Post medieval chalk pit, Corfe Mullen

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the south of Chalkpit Copse, Corfe Mullen, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is documented as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A post medieval extractive pit to the south of Chalkpit Copse, Corfe Mullen, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is documented as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map where it shows the chalk pit and a trackway leading to it from a track to the west [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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Location

Grid reference SY 9708 9720 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Corfe Mullen; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2023 11:35AM

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