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Summary

A quarry pit of mid to late 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards at Leigh Barton. The quarry pit appears to have been completely levelled on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2010.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90NE/86

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

1886, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV48656.

Site of a 'quarry' shown on os 25" (1886) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV48657.

Des=os 25" (1886) map.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The quarry post-dates the Silverton parish tithe map of approximately 1838-48, which depicts the location of the site as a road.

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

The road has been removed and the site of a quarry is recorded within the area, although is not depicted.

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

The extent of the quarry is partly defined on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 FP 1122-23 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354842.

The quarry is visible as an earthwork pit.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89162, OS/89162 V 614-15 08-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356894.

The quarry is visible as an earthwork pit.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9595 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

The quarry appears to have been completely levelled.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A quarry pit of mid to late 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards at Leigh Barton. The quarry pit clearly post-dates the Silverton parish tithe map of approximately 1838-48 which instead depicts the location of the site as a road. The site of the quarry is first alluded to on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s after the road had been removed, although no location of the quarry is depicted. It is, however, partially depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06. It is sub-oval in shape, measures approximately 21m in length by 11.5m in width and is located at the apex of a historic field boundary and a road, to the north of Leigh Barton. The quarry, which was likely fairly short-lived and possibly used for building stone for use at the nearby farmstead remains visible on aerial photographs up until 1989, although appears to have been completely levelled by digital images of 2010.

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).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV354842	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 FP 1122-23 13-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #98368 ]
SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9595 22-MAY-2010.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV356894	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89162. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89162 V 614-15 08-MAY-1989.
SDV48656	Migrated Record: 1886.
SDV48657	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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