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Map series Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series, New Series 
Sheet number 313 
Sheet title Shaftesbury. 
Map type Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1977 
Author statement Original geological survey on the one-inch scale published on Sheets 15 and 18. Old Series. 1850 and 1856. Revised in parts 1871 to 1875. The superficial deposits and parts of the Cretaceous re-surveyed on the six-inch scale by H.G. Dines and S.E. Hollingworth 1927. 
Published statement Transferred to the New Series map and published 1923. Reprinted 1951. Reconstituted for the one-inch scale without geological revision and reprinted on to 1st Series 1:50 000 base 1977. Print code: 2000/77. 
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