Monument record MWX3966 - Old chalk pits by Wardstone Barrow, Chaldon Herring

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Summary

Old chalk pits marked on the first edition OS map. The quarry is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946.

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Old chalk pits marked on the first edition OS map, also marked on the second edition (1-2) The quarry described above in (1-2) is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946. The quarry measures approximately 27 m by 21 m. (3) These features were digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two. paper. 1:2500.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2438-9.

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Location

Grid reference SY 79372 81254 (point) (40 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 005 085

Record last edited

Nov 4 2014 2:41PM

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