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HER Number:MDV118463
Name:Extractive pit north-west of Orchard Farm, Plymtree parishExtractive pit north-east of Perhams Green Farm, Plymtree parish

Summary

A possible former extractive pit of probable medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 058 038
Map Sheet:ST00SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishPlymtree
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishPLYMTREE

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Pond dating to the 19th century or earlier to east of Woodbeer Court

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

A roughly triangular pit was visible as an earthwork.


Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0503 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The pit was visible as a subtle 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 roughly triangular pit circa 62 by 25 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946. The visible earthworks did not correspond with any pit features depicted in this location on the OS First Edition 25 inch map, but a small pond was shown within the area of the pit on the Tithe Map for Plymtree parish.
This supports the interpretation that the visible earthworks are the remains of an extractive that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century and was subsequently used as a pond at least until circa 1840.
The pit remained visible as a very slight earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV354994Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #77744 ]
SDV359177Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0503 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
SDV359463Interpretation: 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.
Linked documents:2

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 1:29PM