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Summary

A probable former extractive pit of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an earthwork and cropmark on the south-facing slopes below Buckeshayes Farm, Upottery parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3303-3304 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A shallow earthwork pit was visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1624-1625 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.

A shallow earthwork pit was visible; the pit may have extended slightly to the south.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, Map object based on this source. (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

The pit had been levelled and was visible as a cropmark.

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

A probable former extractive pit approximately 50 metres across was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards as an irregularly shaped earthwork and cropmark on the south-facing slopes below Buckeshayes Farm, Upottery parish.
The visible earthwork did not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Upottery, but did match a plot depicted as an orchard. This might support the interpretation that the pit had passed out of use prior to the mid to late 19th century and that the woodland was established on the site of the disused pit; the establishment of orchards or other woodland on former extractive sites is a recurring theme noted by the survey.
The orchard had been cleared of trees by 1947 and the plot may have returned to an extractive use by the early 1980s. This might be supported by the continuation of thte cropmark of the pit beyond the southern orchard boundary on aerial photographs of 1996.

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 3303-3304 11-APR-1947.
SDV357675	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1624-1625 03-SEP-1982.
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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SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. Map object based on this source.. [Mapped feature: #75851 ]

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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