Monument record MDO46089 - Post medieval chalk pit, New Plantation, Blandford St Mary

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Summary

A small hollow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery within New Plantation, Blandford St Mary; it is marked as an unanotated hollow on the Ordnance Survey 2nd editon map. The feature is 24m across and considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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A small hollow is visible as low earthworks on lidar imagery within New Plantation, Blandford St Mary <1>; it is marked as an unanotated hollow on the Ordnance Survey 2nd editon map <2>. The feature is 24m across and considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference ST 8680 0372 (point)
Map sheet ST80SE
Civil Parish Blandford St Mary; Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 28 2023 9:07PM

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