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Summary

Four circular earthwork pits are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1958. They are likely to have been created during the first half of the twentieth century, perhaps during the Second World War, although it is not clear whether they are from extraction or military activity. Some earthwork remains could survive below the vegetation cover.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS44SE/116

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PIT (Edwardian to Mid 20th Century - 1904 AD to 1946 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this location, although an active quarry is marked immediately to the south.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1631, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 1084-1085 08-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349549.

Four circular pits are visible as earthworks.

Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF 58/2555, NMR RAF/P58/2555 PSFO-P1 0367-0368 SS4643/3-SS4643/4 01-SEP-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350309.

The four pits are visible as earthworks.

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

Four circular earthwork pits are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1958, to the east of Potter’s Hill. They range in size from circa 5 to 7 metres in diameter, and although not depicted on the 1904-1906 Ordnance Survey mapping they are immediately to the north of a quarry that is marked. They are very clear and likely to have been created during the first half of the twentieth century, perhaps during the Second World War, although it is not clear whether they are from extraction or perhaps military activity. They are not visible on later available aerial photographs but it is possible that some earthwork remains survive below the vegetation cover.

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).
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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SDV349549	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1631. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 1084-1085 08-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #62853 ]
SDV350309	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF 58/2555. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/P58/2555 PSFO-P1 0367-0368 SS4643/3-SS4643/4 01-SEP-1958.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)

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