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| HER Number: | MDV112805 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pit at Halfway Plantation |
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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, at Halfway Plantation. It is completely obscured by tree cover on aerial photographs after 1946, although is likely to survive as an earthwork pit.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 046 904 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Colaton Raleigh |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COLATON RALEIGH |
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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 a copse on the parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3294-3295 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
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, at Halfway Plantation. The semi-circular earthwork measures approximately 48m in length by 25m in width and is located within a copse first recorded as such on the Colaton Raleigh parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48. The former extraction pit is completely obscured by tree cover on aerial photographs after 1946, although is likely to survive as an earthwork pit.
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 3294-3295 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #72167 ] |
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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: | Jul 16 2015 8:56AM |
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