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HER Number:MDV112557
Name:Extraction Pit at Coombe Park Farm

Summary

An extraction pit of possible post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Coombe Park Farm.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 026 881
Map Sheet:SY08NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWoodbury
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWOODBURY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4001-02 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

The extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit.


Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00077, OS/00077 107-08 10-APR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355701.

The extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit.


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

An extraction pit of possible post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Coombe Park Farm. The semi-circular shaped earthwork measures approximately 45m in length by 21m in width and abuts a road along its northern edge. It remains visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 2000.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355701Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00077. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00077 107-08 10-APR-2000.
SDV356883Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1
SDV356902Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4001-02 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #71939 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

Date Last Edited:Jun 16 2015 12:46PM