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Summary

A large earthwork pit, visible on aerial photographs from the 1940s, is interpreted as a disused quarry, reused in the later nineteenth century as an orchard. The area is now cultivated but it is possible that the pit survives as a reduced earthwork.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD)
• ORCHARD (XIX to XX - 1880 AD to 1946 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No features are depicted in this location.

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

The area is depicted as a small orchard. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V 5381-5382 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357046.

This part of the field has not been cultivated, and appears to be a tree filled earthwork pit.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4073-4074 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork pit is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A large earthwork pit, circa 75 by 25 metres in maximum visible extent, is visible on aerial photographs from the 1940s, and is interpreted as an extraction pit. It is not depicted on the Tithe map, but by the late nineteenth century Ordnance Survey mapping depicts this area as a separate, parcel of land used as an orchard. Trees were still visible here on aerial photographs taken in 1946, when this part of the field was not cultivated. Presumably the quarry fell out of use before that late nineteenth century and was subsequently used as an orchard, since cultivation here would have been difficult prior to the advent of modern machinery. The area is now cultivated but it is possible that the pit survives as a reduced earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4073-4074 11-APR-1947.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357046	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V 5381-5382 11-JUL-1946.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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