Monument record MDO49005 - Post medieval chalk pit, East Hill, Nether Cerne

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Summary

A post medieval chalk pit on East Hill, Nether Cerne, is visible as an earthwork 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 Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

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


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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 6816 9844 (point)
Map sheet SY69NE
Civil Parish Nether Cerne; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 11:51AM

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