Monument record MDO48022 - Post medieval chalk pit, Lower Sheep Down, Minterne Magna

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Summary

A sub circular hollow feature on Lower Sheep Down to the southwest of Minterne Magna is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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A sub circular hollow feature on Lower Sheep Down to the southwest of Minterne Magna is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit [3] and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1047.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6591 0320 (point)
Map sheet ST60SE
Civil Parish Minterne Magna; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2024 2:31PM

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