Monument record MDO46618 - Post medieval chalk pit, West Wood, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the south of West Wood, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as an old 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 West Wood, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is recorded as an old chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map [3]. 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> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5137.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9383 9764 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 3:55PM

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