Monument record MDO46619 - Possible post medieval chalk pit, Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall

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Summary

A possible post medieval extractive pit to the southwest of Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is shown filled with trees on historic maps and on current APGB imagery but is considered to possibly be an old chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A possible post medieval extractive pit to the southwest of Combe Farm, Sturminster Marshall, is visible as an earthwork on current Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is shown filled with trees on historic maps and on current APGB imagery [2] but is considered to possibly be an old chalk pit. 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: Pan Government Agreement. 2001. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9488 9715 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Sturminster Marshall; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 3:24PM

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