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Summary

Irregularly shaped pits, probably a quarry of 19th century date, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1951, on the north-east facing slopes now under Bowringsleigh Wood. The pit is now obscured from view by the dense tree cover of Bowringsleigh Wood but partly identifiable from visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74SW/226

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (XIX - 1840 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

1963, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV142986.

'quarry' shown on os 6" (1907) and 'disused quarry' on os 6" (1963) (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV142987.

Des=os 6"(1907)sheet 132sw.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Tithe Map for West Alvington.

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

The visible earthworks correspond with a pit and track depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, RAF/540/497 RP 3122-3123 12-MAY-1951RAF/540/497 RP 3122-3123 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

Irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks.

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

Irregularly shaped pits are identifiable as earthworks.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX7144 20-APR-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The pits are obscured from view by the dense tree cover of Bowringsleigh Wood.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Irregularly shaped pits are visible on aerial photographs of 1951 as earthworks up to circa 33m across cut into the north-east facing slope west of Bowringsleigh.
The easternmost pit probably corresponds with a quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map. The irregularly shaped hollows and mounds to the east were possibly later workings along the depicted access track.
The quarry is not depicted on the Tithe Map for West Alvington, the plot in which it is located listed in the Apportionments as Plot 854, Part of Cockwood Plantation. This might support the interpretation that the quarry originated in the mid-19th century.
It might be associated with a smaller pit to the west.
The pits are obscured from view by the dense tree cover of Bowringsleigh Wood on images derived from aerial photographs of 2015 but might survive as an earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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