Monument record MDO31974 - Post medieval chalk pit, Newburgh Dairy, Winfrith Newburgh

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Summary

A small rounded hollow is visible as a low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit.

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A small rounded hollow is visible as a low earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1). It is considered likely to be the site of a post medieval extractive pit and was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. It has since been plough-levelled and is visible as a cropmarks on the latest Google Earth imagery..


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4428-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13788.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4428-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 82203 84561 (22m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 17 2014 1:30PM

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