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Summary

An extensive area of disused quarries of probable medieval to post-medieval date is depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map and is visible as earthwork pits and mounds on digital images derived from Lidar data overlooking the coast at Branscombe Beach.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of three prehistoric barrows east of Berry Camp

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Extensive earthwork pits are depicted.

Environment Agency, 1998-2011, Lidar data JPEG SY18NE DTM, LIDAR SY18NE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012 (Cartographic). SDV356237.

Extensive 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.

An extensive area of disused quarries, probably limstone extraction of medieval to post-medieval date is depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map and is visible as earthwork pits and mounds on digital images derived from Lidar data, overlooking the coast at Branscombe Beach. The ground disturbance visible on the Lidar images is more extensive than depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map and the extent of the disturbance has therefore been transcribed. The earthworks are annotated as Old Quarries on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map and therefore probably passed out of use some time prior to the 1880s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV356237	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2011. Lidar data JPEG SY18NE DTM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY18NE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012. [Mapped feature: #65533 ]

Associated Monuments

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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