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| HER Number: | MDV118287 |
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| Name: | Possible Extractive Pits or Tree Throws on Castle Hill, Widworthy |
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Summary
Numerous earthwork pits are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, and they are interpreted as possible extractive pit or tree throws of medieval or post-medieval date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 213 995 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Widworthy |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDWORTHY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
- TREE THROW? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Scattered mature trees are depicted in this plot.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2199 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Numerous irregular earthwork pits are indistinctly visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Numerous earthwork pits are visible across Castle Hill on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. At circa 3 metres diameter many are of a size that would be typical of tree throws, and mature trees are depicted scattered across this area on the historic mapping. However a few are much larger and of irregular form and these are much more typical of former extractive pits. In addition to those transcribed for this project, other less well-defined possible earthworks are visible and these may be additional pits.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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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| | Linked documents:2 |
| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY2199 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #77568 ] |
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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 1:27PM |
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