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Summary

A former extractive pit of possible medieval to 19th century date was visible on digital images derived from lidar data acquired between 1998 and 2014 as a shallow irregularly shaped earthwork pit on the south-east facing combe slopes below Wolverstone Moor, Awliscombe parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1890 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The pit was not depicted, but corresponded with an area depicted as woodland.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1103 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An irregularly shaped pit was visible as an earthwork.

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

A former extractive pit of possible medieval to 19th century date was visible on digital images derived from lidar data acquired between 1998 and 2014 as a shallow irregularly shaped earthwork pit approximately 106 metres long and circa 35 metres wide on the south-east facing combe slopes of a spur below Wolverstone Moor, north of Birds Farm, Wolverstone vilalge, Awliscombe parish.
The pit is not depicted as an earthwork on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and but does partly correspond with an area depicted as scrub or a small copse, supporting the interpretation that the pit had probably passed out of use prior to the 1890s. It also bisected by a tributary to a stream to the south, and a pond is depicted in this location on the current OS MasterMap base map. This raises the possibility that the pit might be partly formed by natural erosional processes.
It is circa 200 metres downslope of a former gravel pit that is depicted on the historic OS map (and therefore has not been transcribed by the survey), and might have had a similar function.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1103 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76533 ]
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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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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