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Summary

A clay pit of between post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, at Underground Farm. This monument has been recorded as a child record of MDV114110, which was created following a walkover survey carried out in 2016 associated with the A30/A303 improvement works between Honiton and Devonshire Inn.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NW/50

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

1905, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103647.

'old claypit' shown on os 6" (1905) map.

1969, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103648.

Overgrown pit shown but not marked on os 6" (1969) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103649.

Des=os 6"(1905)map sheet 59nw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103650.

Des=os 6"(1969)map.

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

An ‘Old Clay Pit’ is depicted here on this map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 1904-1906 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV63521.

Map object based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4306-07 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The clay pit is visible as an earthwork pit.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2005 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The clay pit is visible as an earthwork pit. Map object 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.

A clay pit of between post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, at Underground Farm. The earthwork is irregular in shape and measures approximately 44m in length by 39m in width. The clay pit is depicted here on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map of between the 1880’s-90’s. It is located in an area where numerous similar such features have been recorded during this survey and from a walkover survey carried out in 2016 associated with the A30/A303 improvement works between Honiton and Devonshire Inn. This monument has been recorded as a child record of MDV114110, which was created following this walkover survey. It includes a number of extraction pits, of which this clay pit is one. No attempt has, however, been made to individually amend the monument polygons for this parent record. The clay pit remains visible as an earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV103647	Migrated Record: 1905.
SDV103648	Migrated Record: 1969.
SDV103649	Migrated Record:
SDV103650	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4306-07 11-APR-1947.
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.
	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 ST2005 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016.
SDV63521	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 1904-1906 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. Map (Digital).

Associated Monuments

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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