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Summary

A possible former quarry of possible medieval to post-medieval date was visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork pit to the west of Lower Woodhayes Farm, Whimple. The pit probably survives as an earthwork within a recently established orchard.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
• QUARRY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
• ROAD? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4060-4061 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

An earthwork pit and two parallel linear ditches are visible.

BKS Surveys Ltd, 1967, BKS/2822, BKS/2822 V 3045-3046 14-MAR-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354836.

The pit is clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96566, OS/96566 V 36-37 8-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358470.

The pit is visible within a recently planted orchard.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0496 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

The pit remains visible as an earthwork

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

A possible former quarry of possible medieval to post-medieval date was visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork pit to the west of Lower Woodhayes Farm, Whimple. The pit is roughly triangular in shape, measuring up to 60 metres across. It is not marked on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map for Whimple and the Tithe Apportionments describe the plots into which it falls as meadow and arable. It therefore probably passed out of use some time prior to the 1840s. Two linear ditched features about 5 metres apart were visible to the north of the pit as earthworks. These probably coincide with a former field boundary that bisected the pit, as depicted on the Tithe Map for Whimple. However it is unclear from the aerial photographic evidence alone whether the parallel ditches are most likely to be the remains of ditches flanking a former field boundary, or evidence of a former track or road that served the quarry pit. The pit itself probably survives as an earthwork within an recently established orchard.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV354836	Aerial Photograph: BKS Surveys Ltd. 1967. BKS/2822. BKS Surveys Ltd. Photograph (Paper). BKS/2822 V 3045-3046 14-MAR-1967.
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 4060-4061 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #71818 ]
SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0496 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005.
SDV358470	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96566. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96566 V 36-37 8-MAY-1996.

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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