Monument record MDO25948 - Chesters Hill, quarrying

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A series of shallow quarries and extractive pits of post medieval origin are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on Chesters Hill.

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A series of shallow quarries and extractive pits of post medieval origin are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on Chesters Hill {1-2}. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 22-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4287-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12183.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3319-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12185.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 4287-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3319-20.

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Grid reference Centred SY 5823 8356 (563m by 180m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 15 2012 11:46AM

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