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Summary

A former extractive pit of possible post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs of the 1980s onwards.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SW/116

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted pit. A small plot of unknown number and function might correspond with the pit.

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted pit.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1093-1094 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

An earthwork pit or hollow was visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96565, OS/96565 V 020-021 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358869.

The pit was visible as a soilmark.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1300 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The pit was not visible as an earthwork.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 18-OCT-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

The pit was visible as a soilmark.

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

A roughly circular pit circa 40 metres in diameter was visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photograph of 1982 onwards.
The visible earthworks did not correspond with any feature explicitly depicted as a pit in this location on the 19th century mapping available to the survey. However, a small plot depicted on the Tithe Map for Buckerell might correspond to the pit; unfortunately it was not possible to read the number of the plot.
Nonetheless, this might support the interpretation that the visible earthwork and cropmarks are the remains of an extractive that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV358869	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96565. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96565 V 020-021 08-MAY-1996.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1300 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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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SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1093-1094 03-SEP-1982. [Mapped feature: #77320 ]
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 18-OCT-2002.

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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