Monument record MDO48728 - Post medieval chalk pit, Sydling St Nicholas

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Summary

A post medieval chalk pit on Ridge Hill, Sydling St Nicholas, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

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Full Description

A post medieval chalk pit on Ridge Hill, Sydling St Nicholas, is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery [1]. The feature is recorded as a chalk pit on the OS 1st Edition map [2] and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.


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

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

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6505 9896 (point)
Map sheet SY69NE
Civil Parish Sydling St Nicholas; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 10:06AM

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