Monument record MDO46630 - Post medieval chalk pit, Bushes Pit, Winterborne Zelston

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Summary

A small copse is marked on the OS 1st edition map as Bushes Pit to the north east of Bushes Farm, Winterborne Zelston. A large extractive pit with associated spoil is visible under trees on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The pit is over 130m long and considered to be the site of a post medieval chalk quarry.

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A small copse is marked on the OS 1st edition map as Bushes Pit to the north east of Bushes Farm, Winterborne Zelston <1>. A large extractive pit with associated spoil is visible under trees on lidar imagery <2> and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project. The pit is over 130m long and considered to be the site of a post medieval chalk quarry.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8938 9875 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Zelston; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 5:40PM

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