Monument record MDO42885 - Post medieval chalk pit, Langford, Stratton

A large sub-circular pit is visible as an earthwork on current Lidar imagery to the east of Langford, Stratton. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

A large sub-circular pit is visible as an earthwork on current Lidar imagery to the east of Langford, Stratton (1). The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map (2). It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Frome AIM project.

The feature is still clearly visible as an earthwork on current Google Earth imagery (3).

<1> Environment Agency, XX-XXX-2019, LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN (Photograph). SDO16524.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2010, Google Earth 2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16568.

Record last edited

Nov 18 2020 10:06AM