Monument record MDO49828 - Post medieval flint pit, Cheselbourne

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Summary

An Old Flint Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map between the two hollow ways described in MDO849. A second unannotated hollow is marked to the southeast cutting into one of the two linears. The features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

An Old Flint Pit is marked on the OS 1st edition map between the two hollow ways described in MDO849 (OS 1885). A second unannotated hollow is marked to the southeast cutting into one of the two linears. The features are visible as earthworks on lidar imagery (Environment Agency 2021) and were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


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

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

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, 2026, 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550 (Machine readable data file). SDO21762.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
  • ---XY Machine readable data file: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. 2026. 2026 AIM Mid Dorset Downs HE9550. [Mapped features: #708011 ; #708012 ; #722265 ]

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Location

Grid reference ST 7577 0122 (point) (4 map features)
Map sheet ST70SE
Civil Parish Cheselbourne; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Jun 4 2026 12:07PM

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