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Summary

A quarry of probable late-19th to early 20th century date is depicted on early 20th century maps and is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s, immediately to the south-west of Weeke Cross. The quarry remains identifiable as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SE/87

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (XIX to Edwardian - 1880 AD to 1906 AD (Between))

Full description

1969, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV156314.

'quarry' indicated on os 6" (1906). Nothing shown on os 6" (1969) (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV156315.

Des=os 6"(1906)sheet 125se.

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.

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

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

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2193-2194 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A pit is visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.

An oval pit is visible as an earthwork.

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.

An oval pit circa 12m by 9m in size is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946, immediately to the south-west of Weeke Cross.
The visible earthwork corresponds closely with a quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch Second Edition map. The quarry is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map, supporting the interpretation that it was created between circa 1880 and 1906.
This small quarry cuts the remains of subtle mound, probably the remains of a spoil heap associated with an earlier, larger quarry recorded as MDV128461.
The quarry remains identifiable as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 and has probably been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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