HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV112665
Name:Extraction Pit East of Woodbury Salterton

Summary

An extraction pit of possible post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1963 onwards, to the east of Woodbury Salterton.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 019 891
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, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F21 086-87 26-JUL-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

The extraction pit is visible.


Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0189 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 06-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

The extraction pit is visible.


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 1963 onwards, to the east of Woodbury Salterton. The sub-oval shaped feature measures approximately 61m in length by 42m in width and is located in an area where numerous similar such features have been recorded. The earthwork pit remains visible on Lidar-derived images of 2005.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV354847Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F21 086-87 26-JUL-1963.
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
SDV357034Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0189 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 06-DEC-2005. [Mapped feature: #72033 ]

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 23 2015 3:37PM