Monument record MDO46639 - Post medieval chalk pits, Muston Farm, Winterborne Kingston

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Summary

A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the north of Muston Farm, Winterborne Kingston. It is marked as a tree clump on the OS 2nd Edition map and is considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project and is one of a wider scatter of pits to the north and north east of the farm.

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A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery to the north of Muston Farm, Winterborne Kingston <1>. It is marked as a tree clump on the OS 2nd Edition map <2> and is considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project and is one of a wider scatter of pits to the north and north east of the farm.

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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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Location

Grid reference SY 8715 9775 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Kingston; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2023 5:05PM

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