Monument record MDO20840 - Fordington Down: chalk pits

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Post medieval chalk pits on Fordington Down. Marked as chalk pits on Ordnance survey map of 1885.

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Seven post medieval pits are visible as earthworks on Fordington Down. Four are marked on the OS 1st Edition Map as 'Chalk Pit'. {1-2}


Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<1> 07-MAR-1989, NMR OS/89079 276-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10920.

<2> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3261-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10862.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: 07-MAR-1989. NMR OS/89079 276-7.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3261-3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 66039 90936 (660m by 661m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Bradford Peverell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 15 2012 10:42AM

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