Monument record MDO46606 - Post medieval chalk pit, Bloxworth

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Summary

An Old Quarry is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the south of Morden Lane, Bloxworth. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.

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An Old Quarry is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the south of Morden Lane, Bloxworth <1>. It is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 <2> and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour Catchment AI&M Project.


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-JUN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2150 RP 3153 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19937.

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-JUN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2150 RP 3153.

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Grid reference SY 8864 9510 (point)
Map sheet SY89NE
Civil Parish Bloxworth; Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2023 11:36AM

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