Monument record MDO46666 - Post medieval chalk pit, Winterborne Zelston

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Summary

A hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery at the northern corner of the parish of Winterborne Zelston. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 3rd 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 hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery at the northern corner of the parish of Winterborne Zelston <1>. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 3rd 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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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1923-33. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three. paper. 1:2500.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8896 9902 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Winterborne Zelston; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 7:16PM

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