Monument record MDO48109 - Post medieval chalk pit, Piddle Wood, Alton Pancras

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Summary

A sub circular hollow feature to the west of Piddle Wood, Alton Pancras, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.

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Full Description

A sub circular hollow feature to the west of Piddle Wood, Alton Pancras, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2]. The feature is recorded on the OS 1st Edition map as an old chalk pit [3] and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1045 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20728.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1045.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference ST 6788 0280 (point)
Map sheet ST60SE
Civil Parish Alton Pancras; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jul 8 2024 9:48AM

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