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Summary

Three dark, roughly semi-circular cropmarks abutting the northern boundary of a field are visible in aerial photographs taken between 1959 and 1977. They are likely to have formed above infilled quarry pits, potentially used for the construction of the adjacent field boundary between 1880 and 1906. Although they are not visible on later aerial photographs, the features may survive and could produce cropmarks in a dry year.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

No field boundary is depicted in this location.

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

A straight field boundary, aligned approximately east to west, is depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0038-0039 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.

Three dark roughly semi-circular cropmarks are visible along the field boundary edge.

Ordnance Survey, 1977, OS/77023, NMR OS/77023 056-057 19-MAY-1977 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349036.

Three dark roughly semi-circular cropmarks are visible along the field boundary edge.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011-2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Three dark, roughly semi-circular cropmarks are visible abutting the northern boundary of a field in aerial photographs taken between 1959 and 1977. The grass is paler immediately adjacent to the dark cropmarks, and this could be the result of differential drainage into infilled cut features. In the 1959 aerial photographs, the vegetation adjacent to the dark cropmarks is thicker than the rest of the hedge, perhaps due to greater availability of water in humic material within infilled cut features. A likely explanation for the cropmarks is that they are quarry pits, infilled after the extraction of material for the construction of the adjacent field boundary. This straight field boundary is depicted on the 1904-1906 Ordnance Survey mapping, but not the 1880s-1890s edition, and it is likely that the quarries were in use in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Although they are not visible on later aerial photographs after 1977, the features may survive and could produce cropmarks in a dry year.

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).
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011-2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349036	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1977. OS/77023. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/77023 056-057 19-MAY-1977.
SDV349064	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0038-0039 30-JUN-1959.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)

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