SU0469 : The Cherhill White Horse and the Landsdowne Monument Think Tony Robinson on Time Team said it was Phil Harding who first used the expression "robbed out". A Geograph moderator says "Time Team dates from 1994 - the term was already in use amongst archaeologists long before then. Which is not to say Phil didn't coin it although I don't think I heard him utter it when I worked with him in the 70s." Have found nothing on the internet.