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Summary

Earthworks of an irregularly and oval shaped pit interpreted as evidence of large-scale post-medieval or early 19th century quarrying for possible clay extraction are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998-2017, within Butland’s Plantation, Teigngrace.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The area is shown as woodland labelled as Butland’ s Plantation. Earthworks labelled as ‘Old Quarry’ are also shown.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX8473 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Earthwork pits are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Earthworks of an irregularly shaped pit, circa 365m long by 105m wide, with small adjacent oval shaped pit, circa 25m long by 15m wide, are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998-2017, within Butland’s Plantation, Teigngrace. Woodland labelled as ‘Butland’s Plantation’ and an earthwork labelled as ‘Old Quarry’ are shown in this location on the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map. The earthworks are interpreted as evidence of large-scale post-medieval or early 19th century quarrying for possible clay extraction which had likely passed out of use when the area was given over to woodland by the mid to late 19th century. The earthwork is not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to thick tree cover.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX8473 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. [Mapped feature: #113956 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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