Monument record MDO44362 - Possible post medieval chalk pit, Keynstone Down, Tarrant Rawston

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Summary

A sub-circular ditched feature in a field on the eastern side of Keynston Down, Tarrant Rawston, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature may be a post medieval chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A sub-circular ditched feature in a field on the eastern side of Keynston Down, Tarrant Rawston, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature may be a post medieval chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 13-SEP-1982, OS/82203 V 213 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18484.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 13-SEP-1982. OS/82203 V 213.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9264 0553 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Rawston; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 26 2022 2:09PM

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