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Summary

Two clay extraction pits or quarries of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as earthwork pits on digital images derived from Lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010, within Thornes Wood.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY PIT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Quarries are recorded to both the east and west of the earthwork pits

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV357033.

The clay extraction pits or quarries are visible as earthwork pits.

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

Two clay extraction pits or quarries of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as earthwork pits on digital images derived from Lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010, within Thornes Wood. The two small, adjacent features are irregular in shape and measure up to 25m in length. They are both located within Thornes Wood, with the site of two quarries also depicted to the east and west on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06. The presence of Clay Lane on this map to the immediate north may suggest, however, that the earthworks were more likely for clay extraction, rather than stone. The possible clay extraction pits were not visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey owing to dense tree cover.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #67686 ]

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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