Monument record MDO49021 - Post medieval chalk pits, Fair Mile Farm, Piddlehinton

The site of an Old Chalk Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the northeast of Fair Mile Farm, Piddlehinton. It is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. It is one of five pits situated in the same modern field.

The site of an Old Chalk Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map to the south of Heaves Farm, Piddlehinton. It is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle AIM Project. It is one of five pits situated in the same modern field, two of which are visible as soilmarks on aerial photographs. [1-3]

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

<3> National Monuments Record, 21-APR-1976, NMR 926/453-462 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21061.

Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 1:29PM