Monument record MDO46668 - Post medieval chalk pit, Anderson

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Summary

A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery centrally within the parish of Anderson to the south of the course of the Roman Road. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 3rd Edition map and considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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A large hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery centrally within the parish of Anderson to the south of the course of the Roman Road <1>. It is marked as an unanotated hollow on the OS 3rd Edition map <2> and considered likely to be a post medieval chalk pit. The feature 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. 1923-33. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch three. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8837 9829 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Anderson; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2023 7:51PM

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