Monument record MDO24011 - Flint Pit, Milton Abbas

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Summary

An old flint pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The site of the extractive pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs, AIM project.

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An old flint pit shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The site of the extractive pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs, AIM project.
(OS 1885, EA 2023)


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Environment Agency, 15-DEC-2023, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO20691.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Grid reference Centred ST 80596 02486 (16m by 17m)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2026 1:44PM

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