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| HER Number: | MDV102584 |
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| Name: | Possible former quarries, south-east of Lobb |
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Summary
Two short parallel cropmarks visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards might be evidence of former quarries or prospecting pits of medieval or post-medieval date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 474 378 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PROSPECTING PIT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
- QUARRY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3124--3125 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
Two linear cropmark pit features are visible.
GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.
Geological patterning is visible as cropmarks.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
Two short parallel cropmarks visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards might be evidence of former quarries or prospecting pits of medieval or post-medieval date. The cropmarks are irregularly shaped, each appearing to be formed of three roughly circular pits. Each cropmark are follows the alignment of the underlying natural geological formations, as can be seen on digital interactive images derived from aerial photographs flown in 1999-2000. It therefore must be considered possible that the cropmarks are non-archaeological in origin. However, due to the clarity of the cropmarks, their persistence over many years, the irregularity of their shape and the occurrence of a number of quarries in the immediate area, these cropmarks have been tentatively interpreted being evidence of former quarry or prospecting pits, which perhaps were targeting the underlying geological formations
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV321648 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (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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| SDV349927 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3124--3125 13-MAY-1946. |
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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: | Aug 15 2017 5:02PM |
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