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| HER Number: | MDV103169 |
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| Name: | Probable Quarry North-East of Little Stowford |
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Summary
An oval extraction pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs in 1947, one of several in the vicinity. It may have been the source of materials for construction of the nearby post-medeival field boundaries, and probably went out of use before the late nineteenth century. It may have been levelled by modern agricultural operations.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 532 436 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | West Down |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST DOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/132
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No quarry is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3066-3067 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.
An oval pit is visible as an earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
An oval pit, 11 by 14 metres, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs in 1947 and is likely to be a small extraction pit. It is similar in form to others in the vicinity, including one marked as a quarry on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey map (MDV56895), although it is less sharply defined and may have gone out of use at an earlier date. It may have been the source of materials for construction of the nearby field boundaries, many of which are characterised as post-medieval in origin, and it therefore likely to be a post-medieval feature; as it is not depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping it probably went out of use before the late nineteenth century. It is not visible on later available aerial photographs and may have been levelled by modern agricultural operations.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First 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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| SDV350392 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3066-3067 19-MAY-1947. [Mapped feature: #62657 ] |
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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: | Nov 12 2012 11:58AM |
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