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Summary

An area of shallow circular and irregularly shaped earthwork pits was visible on digital images derived from lidar data of 1998 to 2014 on the south-east facing slopes east of Selah, Chardstock parish. The pits are probably the remains of chalk pits, probably of post-medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHALK PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2318-2319 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Subtle ground disturbance was visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), OS/00973 V 68-69 19-MAR-2000 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A shallow rectilinear earthwork pit was visible as a cropmark and earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, LIDAR ST2804-ST2805 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.

Earthwork pits were visible as subtle earthworks. Map objects based on this source.

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

Numerous shallow depressions or pits were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as roughly circular or irregularly shaped earthworks between 20 and 30 metres in diameter, extending over an area of at nearly 5 hectares of irregular ground. Few individual earthwork pits were confidently definable, the earthworks probably having been denuded by ploughing. For this reason the extent of the earthworks has been depicted in the transcriptions as an extent of area polygon; the pits may extend further east but this area was obscured by dense tree cover. Towards the northern edge of the area of irregular pits a large rectilinear or rhomboidal shallow pit circa 130 by 100 metres in size (circa 1.1ha) was visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 2000 and as a slight earthwork on the lidar derived images. The pits are located in an area of chalk geology and are therefore interpreted as probably evidence of open cast chalk extraction, probably of post-medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2318-2319 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. OS/00973 V 68-69 19-MAR-2000.
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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SDV359480	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). LIDAR ST2804-ST2805 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.

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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