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HER Number:MDV106539
Name:Quarry Pit to the North of Bindon Cliffs

Summary

A possible infilled quarry pit is visible as an irregularly shaped cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1956. No features are depicted in this location, so any quarry here would probably have passed out of use before the late nineteenth century. No earthworks are visible.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 272 897
Map Sheet:SY28NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishAxmouth
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishAXMOUTH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1956, RAF/82/1459, RAF/82/1459 F21 0042-0043 30-JUL-1956 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356135.

An irregularly shaped 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 possible infilled quarry pit is visible as an irregularly shaped cropmark, circa 10 by 11 metres in maximum visible extent, on aerial photographs taken in 1956. No features are depicted in this location, so any quarry here would probably have passed out of use before the late nineteenth century. No earthworks are visible.

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
SDV356135Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1956. RAF/82/1459. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/82/1459 F21 0042-0043 30-JUL-1956. [Mapped feature: #66062 ]

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 14 2020 12:45PM