Monument record MDO46654 - Post medieval chalk pit, Winterborne Zelston

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Summary

A small hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within a small copse to the northwest of Rectory Farm, Winterborne Zelston. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 1st 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.

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A small hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within a small copse to the northwest of Rectory Farm, Winterborne Zelston <1>. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 1st 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.

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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 SY 8896 9723 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Zelston; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 12:55PM

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