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Summary

Possible extraction pits of between post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a number of earthwork pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the southwest of Abbey Wood Farm. They are not visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey owing to tree cover here.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks are located within woodland labelled as ‘The Plantation’.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1210 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The possible extraction pits are visible as a number of earthwork pits.

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

Possible extraction pits of between post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a number of earthwork pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the southwest of Abbey Wood Farm. The earthworks are irregular and sub-oval in shape, measure between 6m to 17m in length and are dispersed across steep southwest facing slope. The earthworks are located within an area of woodland labelled as ‘The Plantation’ on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. They are not visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey owing to tree cover here.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1210 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75310 ]

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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