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| HER Number: | MDV112574 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pit, Southwest of Browns Farm |
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Summary
An extraction pit of probable post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the southwest of Browns Farm. The former extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 2000.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 012 882 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY08NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Woodbury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOODBURY |
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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
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.
The plot is recorded as ‘Little Pit Orchard’ on the Woodbury parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 V 3239-40 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
The extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit.
Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00077, OS/00077 V 076-077 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 probable post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the southwest of Browns Farm. The sub-oval shaped earthwork measures approximately 25m in length and corresponds to a plot depicted on the Woodbury parish tithe map recorded as ‘Little Pit Orchard’ on the accompanying tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48. A much larger extraction pit is recorded as ‘Great Pit Orchard’ to the north. The former extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 2000.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349463 | Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website. |
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| SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 V 3239-40 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #71956 ] |
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| SDV355701 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00077. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00077 V 076-077 10-APR-2000. |
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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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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 2:59PM |
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