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| HER Number: | MDV117478 |
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| Name: | Possible soil mark, south of Beechwood Farm, Dunkeswell |
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Summary
Soil marks of a possible levelled bank associated with Roman to early medieval ironstone extraction are faintly visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014, to the south of Beechwood Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 145 053 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork pits of possible Roman to early medieval ironstone open cast mines
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- IRONSTONE MINE (Roman to VII - 43 AD to 700 AD (Between))
Full description
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1405 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.
Soil marks of a possible levelled bank are visible.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1405 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Lidar images do not appear to show any extant earthworks here.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Soil marks which have possibly formed over a levelled bank associated with Roman to early medieval ironstone extraction are faintly visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014, to the south of Beechwood Farm. The former bank measures approximately 9m thick, is oval in shape and defines an area approximately 33m in length by 28m in width. Whilst the origin and date of the soil marks are unclear, it seems reasonable to argue, given the dense concentration of earthwork pit and banked ironstone pits within the immediate vicinity, that they have formed over waste material derived from such extraction. A number of extant banked features associated with these pits bear close similarity to this feature, for example approximately 400m to the north. Digital images derived from lidar data do not appear to show any earthworks survive here.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV359479 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1405 08-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76785 ] |
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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 ST1405 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:19PM |
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