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| HER Number: | MDV36226 |
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| Name: | CHALK PIT in the Parish of Membury |
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Summary
A chalk extraction pit of probable 19th-century date is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It may have supplied a nearby limekiln.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 270 032 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Membury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SE/104
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHALK PIT (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109478.
'old chalk pit' shown on os 6" (1906) map.
1963, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109479.
'chalk pit (disused)' shown on os 6" (1963) map.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109480.
Des=os 6"(1906)map sheet 59se.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109481.
Des=os 6"(1963)map.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
An irregular earthwork pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2703 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
An irregular earthwork pit is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
An irregular earthwork pit, circa 74 metres in length, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. An old chalk pit is depicted and marked on the late-19th century mapping, but the earthwork pit is greater than that depicted on the available historic mapping. It is possible that the pit supplied a nearby limekiln circa 300 metres to the north-east with materials to make quicklime. It seems to have ceased operation before the end of the 19th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV109478 | Migrated Record: 1906. |
| SDV109479 | Migrated Record: 1963. |
| SDV109480 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV109481 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2703 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #88949 ] |
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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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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 12:55PM |
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