Monument record MDO26038 - Chalk Pits, Okeford Fitzpaine

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Summary

Old Chalk Pits shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The features are visible as two nearly adjacent semi-circular earthworks on Environment Agency lidar imagery and were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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The features are visible as two nearly adjacent semi-circular earthworks approximately 16m by 16m in size on Environment Agency lidar imagery (EA 2018) and were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 81110 10395 (59m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Okeford Fitzpaine; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 28 2025 8:34AM

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