Monument record MBC46774 - Chalk pits in Round Spring Wood, Aston Clinton

Three chalk pits of probable post medieval/modern date are visible on remote sensing data as extant earthworks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in Round Spring Wood, Aston Clinton, and centred at SP 89853 09577. The pits are sub circular and they range in size from 5-13m across. They are cut in to Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation, mainly used for clunch, flint and lime. Land use in 1945 shows open woodland and modern land use is woodland. These pits are within the boundaries of the Dancersend SSSI notified in 1951 for unimproved chalk grassland, scrub, regenerating woodland and plantations. (1-5)