Monument record MWX3972 - Old chalk pit, Winfrith Newburgh

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Summary

An old chalk pit, marked on the first edition OS map and visible on aerial photographs.

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Full Description

An old chalk pit, marked on the first edition OS map (1) Also on second edition OS map (2). The chalk pit is visible as a low earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (3), it is now visible as a cropmark on the latest Google Earth imagery.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2436-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13742.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2436-7.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 80088 81199 (22m by 21m) (3 map features)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 19 2015 12:57PM

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