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Summary

Possible earthwork cuttings of between medieval to 19th century date are visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, on Sandpit Hill, which is a possible clue as to the nature of the earthworks. Some caution as to the origin of these earthworks should, however, be excercised and it is also possible they are the result of natural slippage.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
• SAND PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974,
RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 1307-08 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Possible earthwork cuttings are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, OS/00973 V 120-21 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.

Possible earthwork cuttings are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

Possible earthwork cuttings of between medieval to 19th century date are visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, on Sandpit Hill, which is a possible clue as to the nature of the earthworks. The crescent shaped earthworks are visible to a length of approximately 230m and appear to have been cut into the side of steep southwest facing slope. Only the working face of these possible cuttings has been transcribed. The workings, however, may have encompassed a larger area on the southwest side of the working face. A similar cutting (MDV114863) is visible approximately 350m to the southwest. The earthworks remain visible on aerial photographs of 2000, although are not clearly shown on lidar derived images. Some caution as to the origin of these earthworks should, however, be excercised and it is also possible they are the result of natural slippage. They have nonetheless been recorded given their location on Sandpit Hill.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 1307-08 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #74241 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359480	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 120-21 19-MAR-2000.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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