Monument record MDO24038 - Chalk Pit, Cerne Abbas

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Summary

A chalk pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The feature is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset upper Cerne and piddle Valleys AIM project.

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A chalk pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The feature is visible as an earthwork on Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset upper Cerne and piddle Valleys AIM project.


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

Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 65542 00742 (7m by 8m)
Map sheet ST60SE
Civil Parish Cerne Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 6 2026 3:56PM

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