Monument record MDO20676 - Down Farm: chalk pits

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Summary

Seven pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits. Recorded as 'Old Chalk Pits' on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885

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Seven pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. They are probably the sites of post medieval chalk pits.


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1049-51 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10775.

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1051-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10773.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1051-3.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1049-51.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 73993 85358 (952m by 927m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Warmwell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 30 2026 4:39PM

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