Monument record MDO50351 - Post medieval flint pits, Ibberton

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Summary

A cluster of post medieval flint pits are visible as ditched earthworks on Aplin's Heath Hill, Ibberton, on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are shown as old flint pits on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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Full Description

A cluster of post medieval flint pits are visible as ditched earthworks on Aplin's Heath Hill, Ibberton, on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947; EA 2018). The features are shown as old flint pits on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map (OS c1880). They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.


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

Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1176 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21686.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. xx-xxx-2018. Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1176.

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Location

Grid reference ST 7952 0704 (point)
Map sheet ST70NE
Civil Parish Ibberton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Feb 9 2026 3:33PM

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