Monument record MDO48024 - Post medieval chalk pit, Little Minterne Hill, Minterne Magna

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Summary

A sub circular hollow feature on Little Minterne Hill, Minterne Magna, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit. It is situated within a wider area of chalk pits on Little Minterne Hill, recorded under MDO48000. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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A sub circular hollow feature on Little Minterne Hill, Minterne Magna, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit [2]. It is situated within a wider area of chalk pits on Little Minterne Hill, recorded under MDO48000. It 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> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6692 0407 (point)
Map sheet ST60SE
Civil Parish Minterne Magna; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2024 2:53PM

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