Monument record MDO50436 - Possible post medieval chalk pits, Hilton

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Several possible post medieval chalk pits are visible as shallow ditched earthworks to the east of Skinners Bottom, Hilton, on current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Several possible post medieval chalk pits are visible as shallow ditched earthworks to the east of Skinners Bottom, Hilton, on current 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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Location

Grid reference ST 7651 0566 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Hilton; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 11 2026 4:10PM

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