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Summary

Large earthwork pits visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1950s on the southern edge of Fremington are probably the remains of former quarry pits of probable post-medieval date. The earthworks are not depicted on the Ordnance Survey map of the 1880s-1890s and had probably passed out of use prior to this date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD)

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted quarries.

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted quarries.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/LA/132, NMR RAF/106G/LA/132 5126-7 14-FEB-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349061.

Earthwork pits are visible flanking Old School Road, Fremington.

Ordnance Survey, 1967, OS/67042, NMR OS/67042 178-179 18-APR-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349988.

Housing developments are encroaching onto the location of the earthwork pits.

Next Perspectives, 2001, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5132 22-MAY-2001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349376.

Housing completely obscures the location of the earthwork pits.

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

Large earthwork pits visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1950s on the southern edge of Fremington are probably the remains of former quarry pits of probable post-medieval date. The earthworks either comprise two former quarries flanking Old School Road or one larger pit bisected by the line of the road. A similarly sized former quarry is depicted circa 100 metres to the south-west on the Ordnance Survey first and second edition 25 inch maps of the 1880s-1890s and 1904-1906, annotated as ‘Old Quarry’. The earthworks recorded here are not depicted, and had therefore either been created after 1906 or passed out of use a considerable time prior to the 1880s. The latter seems more probable. By April 1967 the earthworks had gegun to be obscured or levelled by new housing developments.

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.
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SDV349061	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/LA/132. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/LA/132 5126-7 14-FEB-1945.
SDV349376	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2001. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5132 22-MAY-2001.
SDV349988	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67042. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/67042 178-179 18-APR-1967.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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