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Summary

An earthwork pit is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from Lidar data captured between 1998 and 2007. It is tentatively interpreted as an extraction pit that became disused prior to the late nineteenth century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 117 on the Axmouth Tithe Map is recorded as 'Pit Bury' within the Tithe Apportionment.

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

No features are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, RAF/CPE/UK/1994 4493-4494 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354842.

An earthwork pit is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 347-348 22-JAN-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

An earthwork pit is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2007, Lidar data JPEG SY29SE DTM, LIDAR SY29SE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2007 (Cartographic). SDV356419.

An earthwork pit 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 probable quarry pit is visible as an irregular dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1947, and as an elliptical earthwork, circa 35 metres in maximum visible extent, on aerial photographs from 1963 onwards and on images derived from Lidar data captured between 1998 and 2007. Several old chalk pits are depicted in the vicinity on the late nineteenth century mapping, but no features are depicted in this exact location, so any quarry here would probably have passed out of use before the late nineteenth century. Earthwork remains are very likely to survive.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

The field name 'Pit Bury' within plot 117 on the Axmouth Tithe Map of 1842 may indicate the presence of a pit within this plot, although no features are depicted on the map.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV354842	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1994 4493-4494 11-APR-1947.
SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 347-348 22-JAN-1963.
SDV356419	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2007. Lidar data JPEG SY29SE DTM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY29SE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2007. [Mapped feature: #66071 ]
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
	Linked documents:1

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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