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Agricultural Land Classification detailed Post 1988 ALC survey, Trimdon, Cope Hole Quarries (County Durham Minerals LP) (ALCL04897)

Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site survey data – scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Where Grade 3 is mapped this includes the subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b. Surveys use the current grading methodology as described in Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. Revised guidelines and criteria for grading the quality of agricultural land. Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales and level of detail from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000 (typically 1:10,000). Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys.

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ALC unedited sample point soils data (horizons) ALCL04897, CSV, 2.3 kB 2016/05/18
ALC unedited sample point soils data (summary) ALCL04897, CSV, 886 Bytes 2016/05/18
ALC survey map ALCL04897, PDF, 961.2 kB 2016/05/18
ALC survey report ALCL04897, PDF, 759.5 kB 2016/05/18

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