Monument record MDO24014 - Flint Pits, Deer Park, Milton Abbas

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Summary

Old flint pits shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The pits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photogaphs and earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project.

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Full Description

Old flint pits shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885. The pits are visible as cropmarks on aerial photogaphs and earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM Project.
(OS 1885, NMR 1980, EA 2023)


Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXXII.4 Surveyed: 1885, Published: ca.1888 (Map). SDO10239.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset XXXII.4 Revised: 1900, Published: 1902 (Map). SDO11594.

National Monuments Record, 10-APR-1980, NMR 1743/420-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21679.

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXII.4 Surveyed: 1885, Published: ca.1888.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2. paper. 1:2500. Dorset XXXII.4 Revised: 1900, Published: 1902.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 15-DEC-2023. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 10-APR-1980. NMR 1743/420-1.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 80637 02402 (240m by 75m) (6 map features)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Milton Abbas; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2026 1:40PM

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