Monument record MWX3990 - Post medieval chalk pit, Bindon Range, East Lulworth

An old chalk pit marked on the first and second editions of the Ordnance Survey map. A pit is visible at this location on Lidar imagery, and is considered likely to be the remains of the post medieval chalk pit depicted on the map.

An old chalk pit marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1). Also marked on the second edition Ordnance Survey map (2). The pit is also marked on the 1840 Tithe Map (3).

A pit is visible at this location on Lidar imagery (4). It is considered likely this is the remains of the post medieval chalk pit described above. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Unknown, pre-2004, Collection of Digitised Tithe Maps (Digital archive). SWX8753.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

Record last edited

Jan 18 2016 5:33PM