Monument record MDO49433 - Post medieval extraction, Redlands Coppice, Piddletrenthide

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A hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Redlands Coppice, Piddletrenthide village. It is 15m across and considered likely to be a post medieval extraction pit (possibly for chalk); it was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project.

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A hollow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery within Redlands Coppice, Piddletrenthide village. It is 15m across and considered likely to be a post medieval extraction pit (possibly for chalk); it was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project. (Environment Agency 2021 (1)).


<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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Location

Grid reference ST 7065 0025 (point)
Map sheet ST70SW
Civil Parish Piddletrenthide; Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2025 5:57PM

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