Monument record MDO49960 - Post medieval chalk pits, Winterbourne Houghton

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A loose cluster of post medieval chalk pits are visible as ditched earthworks to the northwest of 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 to the northwest of 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 8137 0519 (point)
Map sheet ST80NW
Civil Parish Winterborne Houghton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Dec 29 2025 4:36PM

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