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| HER Number: | MDV109467 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pits South of Knowles Wood |
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Summary
Two probable post-medieval extraction pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 091 069 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST00NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kentisbeare |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTISBEARE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The area is wooded; a semi-circular pit is depicted with hachures, and a field boundary with a curvilinear deviation is depicted.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4291-4292 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Two large earthwork pits are visible.
Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0906 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.
Two irregularly shaped earthwork pits are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
Two large probable extraction pits are visible as irregularly-shaped earthworks, 30 metres across and 25 by 40 metres across, on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010. Neither are marked on the available historic mapping, but the northern pit corresponds to a deviation in the field boundary, and the southern pit to an irregular pit depicted with hachures on the late-19th century map. The disuse of the pit therefore appears to pre-date the mid-19th century. The pits are depicted as ponds on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4291-4292 11-APR-1947. |
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| 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. LIDAR ST0906 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #68876 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV1427 | Part of: Whetstone Mines at Blackdown (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 6 2015 11:51AM |
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