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| HER Number: | MDV108781 |
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| Name: | Possible Sand Pit North of Beare Lane |
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Summary
The location of several large and semi-regularly shaped extractive pits, possibly former sand pits of probable post-medieval to modern date, were visible on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data as cropmarks and earthworks, in a number of locations on the north-facing slopes overlooking the Culm valley, north and south of Beare Lane.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 982 007 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS90SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Broad Clyst |
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| District | East Devon |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SAND PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4170-4171 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.
An irregularly shaped shallow pit is visible as a cropmark.
Historic England, 1984, NMR 2162, NMR 2162/1058 02-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357541.
An irregularly shaped shallow pit is visible as a cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
The location of a large and semi-regular extractive pit of probable post-medieval to modern date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmarks on the north-facing slopes overlooking the Culm valley, north of Beare Lane. An irregularly shaped sand pit is depicted and annotated on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map to the south of Beare Lane and it is possible that the relict earthwork was made for a similar function. It is one of several such possible former pits recorded within an area of approximately 400 square metres to the north and south of Beare Lane. Other, less coherent cropmarks are visible in the immediate area and might be evidence of smaller or shallower extractive pits but these were too diffuse to accurately transcribe.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV356902 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4170-4171 04-NOV-1946. |
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| SDV357541 | Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1984. NMR 2162. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2162/1058 02-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #68126 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV127859 | Related to: Enclosures south-east of Silverton Mills (Monument) |
| MDV73375 | Related to: Sand Pit to the south of Beare Lane (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 19 2020 10:05AM |
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