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| HER Number: | MDV112342 |
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| Name: | Possible Quarry Pit East of Gribble Lane |
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Summary
A possible former quarry of medieval to post-medieval date was visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005, on the gentle north-west facing slopes to east of Gribble Lane, Rockbeare.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 032 955 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Rockbeare |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ROCKBEARE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4062-4063 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0395 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A possible former quarry of medieval to post-medieval date was visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005, on the gentle north-west facing slopes to east of Gribble Lane, Rockbeare.
The pit does not correspond with any quarry depicted on the Tithe Map for Rockbeare or the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map, and indeed its location appears to be cut by a post medieval field boundary. This might support the interpretation that it had passed out of use prior to the enclosure of the Barton Fields in this area.
Dean, R., 2018, Land either side of Percy Wakely Wood, Rockbeare: Geophysical Survey (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV361562.
A magnetometer survey was undertaken by Substrata to provide a relatively fast and cost-effective evaluation of any buried archaeology on land either side of Percy Wakley Wood, Rockbeare.
The differences in magnetic responses across the Survey Area were sufficient to be able to differentiate between anomalies representing possible buried archaeology and background magnetic responses. One group is likely to represent the in-filling of a former quarry recorded in the Rockbeare tithe map and on aerial photographs and LiDAR.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV356902 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4062-4063 04-NOV-1946. |
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| SDV357034 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0395 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005. [Mapped feature: #71740 ] |
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| SDV361562 | Report - Geophysical Survey: Dean, R.. 2018. Land either side of Percy Wakely Wood, Rockbeare: Geophysical Survey. Substrata. 1804ROK-R-1. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
- EDV7615 - Magnetometer Survey: Land either side of Percy Wakley Wood, Rockbeare, Devon (Ref: 1804ROK-R-1)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 5 2023 2:22PM |
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