Monument record MDO24491 - Poxwell, chalk pits

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Summary

Post medieval chalk pits or modern bomb craters, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

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Four post medieval chalk pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1}, three of which are very circular in shape and may alternatively be the sites of WWII bomb craters. The features were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 3338-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11885.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 3338-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7329 8408 (172m by 225m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Civil Parish Poxwell; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: 1413309

Record last edited

Mar 6 2012 12:06PM

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