Monument record MDO49959 - Post medieval chalk pits, Houghton North Down, Winterbourne Houghton

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A loose cluster of post medieval chalk pits are visible as ditched earthworks on Houghton North Down, Winterbourne Houghton, on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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A loose cluster of post medieval chalk pits are visible as ditched earthworks on Houghton North Down, Winterbourne Houghton, on Environment Agency lidar imagery (EA 2018). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.

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Grid reference ST 8064 0574 (point)
Map sheet ST80NW
Civil Parish Winterborne Houghton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Dec 29 2025 4:33PM

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