Monument record MDO46258 - Post medieval chalk pit, Winterborne Clenston

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Summary

A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the west of Heathy Field Coppice, Winterborne Clenston. It is marked as a tree clump on the OS 1st Edition map and is considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the west of Heathy Field Coppice, Winterborne Clenston <1>. It is marked as a tree clump on the OS 1st Edition map <2> and is considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. The feature 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. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 8393 0233 (point)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Winterborne Clenston; Dorset

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Record last edited

May 4 2023 4:10PM

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