Monument record MDO27146 - Chalk Pit, Langton Long Blandford

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Summary

Chalk Pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Associated with adjacent lime kilns. The feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photogrpahs and Environment Agency lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.

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Full Description

Chalk Pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. Associated with adjacent lime kilns. The feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photogrpahs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [3, 4]. An aerial photograph of 1946 show the chalk pit cut through by a 20th century military tramway MDO4207 [3]. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM Project.


Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1994, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993, 33-49 (Serial). SDO93.

<3> Royal Air Force, 18-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1845 FS 2066 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18610.

<4> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1994. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1993. 115. 33-49.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 18-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1845 FS 2066.
  • <4> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 9058 0677 (50m by 58m)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Langton Long Blandford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 28 2022 1:36PM

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