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| HER Number: | MDV102254 |
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| Name: | Pit west of Stitworthy Farm |
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Summary
A dark rectangular cropmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1959. It resembles an infilled pit but could possibly be a modern surface feature. Its presumed association with a modern field boundary supports an interpretation as a modern feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 292 220 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS22SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clovelly |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLOVELLY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PIT (XX - 1904 AD to 1946 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Straight field boundaries are depicted.
Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/80/788, NMR RAF/58/2984 0055-0056 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349053.
A dark rectangular cropmark is visible. The adjacent boundary depicted on the 1904-1906 Ordnance Survey map is not visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A dark rectangular cropmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1959. There is a paler border around the cropmark, which could suggest differential drainage into a deep cut feature such as a pit. The cropmark is very well defined, with sharp corners, and is not visible on any other available aerial photographs. It is also on the same alignment as the immediately adjacent field boundary, which is not depicted on the 1904-1906 Ordnance Survey mapping and is of modern date. The cropmark could therefore have formed over a surface feature such as the site of a hayrick, or an infilled pit of probable modern date.
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). |
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| 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. |
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| SDV349053 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/80/788. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 0055-0056 30-JUN-1959. [Mapped feature: #61703 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 10 2012 1:04PM |
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