Monument record MDO24004 - Chalk Pit, Pigeon House Plantation, Milton Abbas

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A chalk pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project, it is one of a number of extractive pits in the vicinity.

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A chalk pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project, it is one of a number of extractive pits in the vicinity.
(OS 1885, EA 2023)


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

Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Grid reference Centred ST 80283 02133 (58m by 22m)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2026 12:57PM

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