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Summary

The large extraction pit marked on historic mapping is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010. It may have been reused as an orchard in the late-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
• QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

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

An irregular wooded parcel of land is depicted and named 'Butt's Pit'.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4452-4453 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork pit is visible, although obscured by tree cover.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89276, OS/89276 V 281-282 14-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357047.

The southern part of the pit appears to be filled with water.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0905 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A large irregular pit is visible as an earthwork, with parallel linear banks inside.

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

‘Butt’s Pit’, marked on late-19th century maps, is visible as a large earthwork, circa 145 by 65 metres, on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010. An ‘old sand pit’ is depicted 130 metres to the west, and this may be another disused sand pit of post-medieval origin. The ground surface is obscured by tree cover on the aerial photographs, but parallel linear earthwork banks, circa 3 metres in diameter and aligned roughly north to south, are visible on the lidar images. This suggests that the extraction pit, difficult to farm, had been reused as orchard after disuse, but this in turn had not been maintained and had become woodland by the late-19th century. A pond is visible in the southern part of the pit on aerial photographs from 1989 onwards.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. 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 4452-4453 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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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0905 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #69136 ]
SDV357047	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89276. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89276 V 281-282 14-JUN-1989.

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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