Monument record MDO23393 - Chalk Pit, Upwey, Weymouth

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Summary

A chalk pit, shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1} and digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Project.

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A chalk pit, shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864. Visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1} and digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3290-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11827.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3290-2.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Grid reference Centred SY 66071 85986 (41m by 43m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY68NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2012 9:08AM

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