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HER Number:MDV105784
Name:Possible Marl Pit North of Gore Lane, Exmouth

Summary

An irregularly shaped cropmark visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in March 2003 might be evidence of a former earthwork such as a marl pit, probably of medieval to post-medieval date.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 025 802
Map Sheet:SY08SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishExmouth
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLITTLEHAM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • MARL PIT? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Next Perspectives, 2003, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY0280 31-MAR-2003 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351614.

A roughly circular cropmark is visible.


Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A sub-circular shaped cropmark circa 40 metres in diameter is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in March 2003. The cropmark might be evidence of a former quarry or marl pit of probable post-medieval date. A similar, if larger cropmark is visible circa 150 metres to the south-west, where an old Marl Pit is depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. This pit is not depicted by the Ordnance Survey and probably therefore passed out of use a considerable time prior to the 1880s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351146Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1
SDV351614Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2003. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY0280 31-MAR-2003. [Mapped feature: #65215 ]

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:Jan 17 2014 4:54PM