Monument record MDO38092 - Post medieval extractive pit, Crabbs Bluntshay Farm, Whitechurch Canonicorum
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Summary
A large hollow, 39m across, is visible as earthworks under trees on lidar imagery to the north of Crabbs Bluntshay Farm. It is marked as an Old Chalk Pit on the OS 1st edition map and considered to be a post medieval extractive pit. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A large hollow, 39m across, is visible as earthworks under trees on lidar imagery to the north of Crabbs Bluntshay Farm (1). It is marked as an Old Chalk Pit on the OS 1st edition map and considered to be a post medieval extractive pit. It was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.
Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXVIII.16 Surveyed: 1888, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.
'Old Chalk Pit'
Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM, sy4197_dtm_1m.asc (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 41628 97365 (28m by 45m) (49 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY49NW |
| Civil Parish | Whitchurch Canonicorum; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
May 14 2026 2:53PM
