Monument record MDO47141 - Possible post medieval chalk pits, Stony Down Plantation, Corfe Mullen

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A row of post medieval extractive pits within Stony Down Plantation, Corfe Mullen, are visible as sub-circular earthworks on current lidar imagery. The features might be old chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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A row of post medieval extractive pits within Stony Down Plantation, Corfe Mullen, are visible as sub-circular earthworks on current lidar imagery [1]. The features might be old chalk pits and were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


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

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Grid reference SY 9711 9629 (point)
Map sheet SY99NE
Civil Parish Corfe Mullen; Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 19 2023 4:22PM

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