Monument record MDO44363 - Post medieval chalk pit, Tarrant Rawston

A sub-oval ditched hollow is visible as an earthwork in a field to the west of Tarrant Rushton, in Tarrant Rawston parish, on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is considered likely to be a post-medieval chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A sub-oval ditched hollow is visible as an earthwork in a field to the west of Tarrant Rushton, in Tarrant Rawston parish, on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is considered likely to be a post-medieval chalk pit. A small copse of trees is shown at this location on the OS 1st Edition c1880 map, although no pit or quarry is doumented [2]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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

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

Record last edited

Sep 13 2022 11:32AM