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Summary

Gravel pits are depicted on the 1906 Ordnance Survey 25inch map at Mamhead Bottom, Ashcombe. Later pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946. The earthworks are obscured by dense plantation planting on more recent images.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SW/76

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GRAVEL PIT (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 1946 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP (XX - 1906 AD to 1946 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287743.

'gravel pit' shown on os 6" (1906) map.

1963, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287744.

'gravel pits (disused)' shown on os 6" (1963) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287747.

Des=os 6"(1906)102nw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287748.

Des=os 6"(1963).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV287749.

Des=ea/haldon ridge survey archive/(9/7/1996)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=19/2/1996 (ea) area of flint gravel quarrying much more extensive than indicated on os 1906 + 1963 maps.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

A pit is depicted on the Second Edition 25inch Ordnance Survey map of 1906.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Pits and a mound are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946.

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 (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Two extractive pits, probably gravel pits of early 20th century date, were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 at Mamhead Bottom, Ashcombe. The visible earthworks do not correspond with those depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25inch map of 1904-1906 and are probably later extensions. An irregularly shaped mound circa 20 by 30 metres in size, immediately south of the larger of the two visible pits is interpreted as an associated spoil mound that overlies one of the earlier extractive features. The earthworks are obscured by dense plantation planting on more recent images available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV287743	Migrated Record: 1906.
SDV287744	Migrated Record: 1963.
SDV287747	Migrated Record:
SDV287748	Migrated Record:
SDV287749	Migrated Record:
SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3077-3078 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #112134 ]
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. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV79	Migrated Record:

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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