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Summary

A marl pit depicted on First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the 1960s. The pit has probably now been largely levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08SW/265

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Old Marl Pit marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map, to north-west of Sprattshayes Farm.

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

Old Marl Pit marked on 1904-1906 25 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Ordnance Survey, 1906, 103NW (Cartographic). SDV350113.

Old Marl Pit marked on 1906 6 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, 106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3039-3040 13-APR-1946 (DCC HER 44/154-155) (Aerial Photograph). SDV336108.

A large oval earthwork pit is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/58/369, RAF/58/369 5023-5024 27-FEB-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355804.

A large oval earthwork pit is visible.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1969, MAL/69015, MAL/69015 111-112 05-MAR-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355805.

A large oval earthwork pit is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DSM, LIDAR SY08SW DSM Environment Agency 1998-2012 (Cartographic). SDV355443.

Slight negative earthworks are visible.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

The surrounding field pattern has been characterised from historic maps as Barton Fields.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A marl pit depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch remains visible as an earthwork pit up to circa 90 metres in diameter on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the 1960s. The pit has probably now been largely levelled but slight earthwork evidence of the feature can be seen on images derived from Lidar data. The earthwork appears to be respected by a field boundary to the south of the pit. The surrounding fieldscape is characterised by HLC as Barton Fields, enclosed probably between the 15th and 18th centuries, and the pit is therefore probably postmedieval in date

Dean, R., 2015, An Archaeological Gradiometer Survey: Land at Plumb Park, Exmouth, East Devon (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV358154.

A geophysical survey was undertaken by Substrata as commissioned by AC Archaeology Ltd on behalf of clients in support of a forthcoming planning application.

Anomaly group 14 represents debris and other deposits filling a former marl pit recorded on Ordnance Survey maps between 1890 and at least 1988 but not on the current map. The feature was labelled ‘Old Marl Pit’ on the maps produced between 1890 and 1906. It shows on aerial photographs as a large circular depression and was observed as a slight hollow during a field inspection. The pit is not recorded on the Littleham tithe map of 1844 but a kink in the mapped field boundary reveals its location (James 2012: 10, 16, 17).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336108	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. 106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3039-3040 13-APR-1946 (DCC HER 44/154-155).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #95151 ]
SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV350113	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1906. 103NW. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper).
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV355443	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DSM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY08SW DSM Environment Agency 1998-2012.
SDV355804	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/58/369. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/369 5023-5024 27-FEB-1950.
SDV355805	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL/69015. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). MAL/69015 111-112 05-MAR-1969.
SDV358154	Report - Geophysical Survey: Dean, R.. 2015. An Archaeological Gradiometer Survey: Land at Plumb Park, Exmouth, East Devon. Substrata. 150324. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
• EDV6732 - An Archaeological Gradiometer Survey on Land at Plumb Park, Exmouth

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