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Summary

An oval cropmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1951. It may be the remains of an infilled quarry pit of post-medieval date, but interpretation is tentative.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No features are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, NMR RAF/540/497 4068-4069 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

A dark oval cropmark or soilmark with pale irregular border is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A dark oval cropmark or soilmark, 9 by 6 metres in size, with pale irregular border is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1951. It is fairly indistinct and could be a surface mark from agricultural operations. However it is possible that the mark denotes a cut feature such as a quarry pit which had been infilled, the paler border being drier ground caused by water draining into the buried pit. No features are depicted here on the historic mapping and if this was a quarry it probably went out of use prior to the late nineteenth century. It is unlikely that any earthworks survive as this is not visible on any other available aerial photographs, and caution should be applied in interpretation.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351212	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/497. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/540/497 4068-4069 12-MAY-1951. [Mapped feature: #63505 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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