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Summary

Two pits are visible as earthworks overlooking the coastal cliffs above Lade Foot Cove, Otterton, on aerial photographs and other remote sensing images of 1946 onwards. The earthworks are probably the remains of a single former quarry or extraction pit of post medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1412 3181-3182 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Two earthwork pits are visible.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SY1086 Environment Agency D0082747 Mar - Apr 2007 (Cartographic). SDV355859.

Two earthwork pits are visible.

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

Two pits are visible as earthworks overlooking the coastal cliffs above Lade Foot Cove, Otterton, on aerial photographs and other remote sensing images of 1946 onwards. Situated at the point where the north-west facing slopes above Otterton Brook meet the south-east facing coastal slopes, the two pits are seperated by the route of the south-west coast path. It is probable that the two pits represent the remains of a single former quarry or extractive put pit which was divided when the footpath was rerouted across it. This appears to have taken place between the publication of the Ordnance Survey Second Edition 25inch map between 1904 and 1906 and the 4th edition in the 1930s, and it is likely coastal erosion was the cause for the diversion of the footpath. Nonetheless the earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the tithe map for Otterton nor the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map. It therefore seems probable that the pit is the remains of a former quarry or extractive pit that passed out of use prior to the 1840s and is likely to be of post medieval to 19th century date.

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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SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1412 3181-3182 13-APR-1946.
SDV355859	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY1086 Environment Agency D0082747 Mar - Apr 2007. [Mapped feature: #65340 ]

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)

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