Monument record MDO45151 - Post medieval chalk pit, Tarrant Monkton

A post medieval chalk pit is visible to the east of Tarrant Monkton as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A probable Post Medieval chalk pit is visible as a slight earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1947 but has subsequently been filled in. The site is centred at ST 9557 0915 and comprises a curvilinear quarry which measures a maximum of 28m long by 20m wide and is orientated west / east. <1>

A post medieval chalk pit is visible to the east of Tarrant Monkton as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery <2-4>. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5148-5149 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19314.

<1> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5150 V (Aerial Photograph). SDO19095.

<3> Historic England Archive, 23-APR-2015, HEA 29565/003 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19086.

<4> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1479139 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 30 2023 11:29AM