Monument record MDO43848 - Post medieval chalk pits, Shapwick

A group of post medieval chalk pits are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in a field to the north west Badbury Rings, Shapwick. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

A group of four post medieval chalk pits are visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery in a field to the north west Badbury Rings, Shapwick (1-3). They comprise a deeper pit 30m associated with spoil heaps with less defined pits to the north and west. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

<1> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 13-SEP-1982, OS/82203 V 126 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18092.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 24-APR-1988, OS/88056 V 177 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18129.

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Jul 26 2022 6:28PM