Monument record MDO46988 - Post medieval chalk pit, Dullar Farm, Lytchett Matravers

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Summary

A post medieval extractive pit to the east of Dullar Farm, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as an old chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A post medieval extractive pit to the east of Dullar Farm, Lytchett Matravers, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as an old chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXIV.10 Revised: 1885, Published: ca. 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXXIV.10 Revised: 1900, Published: 1901 (Map). SDO11594.

Royal Air Force, 03-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/194 V 0044 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20054.

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXIV.10 Revised: 1885, Published: ca. 1888.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXIV.10 Revised: 1900, Published: 1901.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 03-MAR-1945. RAF/106G/LA/194 V 0044.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9465 9820 (point)
Map sheet SY99NW
Civil Parish Lytchett Matravers; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 23 2025 4:09PM

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