Monument record MDO26039 - Chalk Pit, Okeford Fitzpaine

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Summary

Old Chalk Pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The feature is visible as an elongated hollow earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Old Chalk Pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 (OS 1886).

The feature is visible as an elongated hollow earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project (EA 2018).


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 81618 09999 (20m by 21m)
Map sheet ST80NW
Civil Parish Okeford Fitzpaine; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Dec 2 2025 3:21PM

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