Monument record MDO41998 - Post medieval chalk pit, Toller Fratrum

An 'Old Chalk Pit' is shown on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map on the south eastern side of Whitesheet Hill. The site is associated with two limekilns. A large chalk pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

AAn 'Old Chalk Pit' is shown on the 1st edition 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map on the south eastern side of Whitesheet Hill. The site is associated with two limekilns [1]. A large chalk pit is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery [2-3], it's extent in 1947 was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. It is now much expanded.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

<3> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3278-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16553.

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Apr 20 2020 12:56PM