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| HER Number: | MDV104001 |
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| Name: | Pit, Possibly a Bomb Crater or Natural Feature, on Beacon Hill |
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Summary
A circular pit is visible as a pale parchmark and shallow earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1999. One very tentative explanation is that this could be an infilled bomb crater, or a natural feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 573 470 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX54NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Newton and Noss |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLBETON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOMB CRATER? (Unknown date)
- NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
Full description
GetMapping, 1999, 122/99, DCC GM/122/99 0160-0161 15-NOV-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351205.
A circular depression is visible as a slight pale earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A circular pit, approximately 25 metres in diameter, is visible as a pale parchmark and a possible shadow indicates a slight earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1999. Its function and date are unknown and as it is not visible on any other available aerial photographs caution should be applied in interpretation. Its size and even shape is consistent with an interpretation as a large bomb crater, but it is not visible in the 1940s aerial photographs so this seems unlikely unless it had been infilled and cultivated relatively soon after it was created. A site visit may be beneficial in the first instance to ascertain whether an earthwork is present and whether it is likely to be of natural origin.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV351205 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 122/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. DCC GM/122/99 0160-0161 15-NOV-1999. [Mapped feature: #63488 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2013 3:06PM |
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