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| HER Number: | MDV103350 |
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| Name: | Quarry Pit on Pickwell Down |
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Summary
One of several probable quarry pits, dating to the twentieth century and perhaps opened during the Second World War, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2010.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 466 417 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Georgeham |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GEORGEHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Early 20th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1946 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
No quarry is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3266-3267 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Next Perspectives, 2010, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4641 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349899.
The pit is visible as a pale earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011-2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
An oval pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2010. Its maximum dimensions are 10 by 18 metres and it is likely to be twentieth century in origin, as no quarry or earthwork is depicted in this location on the 1904-1906 Ordnance Survey mapping. It has clear edges in 1946 and may have been one of many small pits in the vicinity that appear to have been used during the Second World War. Earthworks are likely to survive. A small roughly circular dark mark approximately 45 metres to the west is visible on the 1946 aerial photographs, and could be the remains of an earlier pit that has been infilled. However it is not visible on any other available aerial photographs and interpretation is doubtful so this possible feature has not been mapped.
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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| SDV349899 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4641 04-MAY-2007. [Mapped feature: #62824 ] |
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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 3266-3267 13-MAY-1946. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV131791 | Related to: Pickwell Down, Georgeham (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 28 2021 9:31AM |
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