Monument record MDO49126 - Flint pit, Lyscombe, Piddletrenthide

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Summary

An extractive pit shown on the 1 to 25 inch Ordnance Survey map published in 1888, on which it is described as 'Old Flint Pit'. The pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project.

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A flint pit is marked at this loaction on the OS 1st edition map. The pit is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and was digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project. (Lidar 2021 (2)).


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXII.1 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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  • ---XY Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXII.1 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888. [Mapped feature: #639179 ]
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 7287 0219 (24m by 14m)
Map sheet ST70SW
Civil Parish Piddletrenthide; Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2025 5:50PM

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