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Summary

A large earthwork depression is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 and interpreted as a post-medieval extractive pit, possibly for marl, which ceased extraction by circa 1840.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29SW/50

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV125618.

Tithe map field number: 2023. Field name: seven acre pit.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV125619.

Des=ta 2023 seven acre pit.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The plot is recorded as 'Seven Acre Pit'. Its cultivation is not recorded, but it is depicted as an orchard.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The plot is visible as an orchard.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 1615 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Field called Seven Acre Pit on Tithe Map (Tithe Apportionment No. 2023).
SMR.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2094 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A large earthwork depression is visible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

A large earthwork depression is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 west of Moorsplash Farm. The depression corresponds approximately with a plot recorded as 'Seven Acre Pit' (Plot 2023) and depicted as an orchard on the Tithe Map. The plot continues to be depicted as an orchard on subsequent historic maps and is visible on 1940s aerial photographs, until it passed out of use in the mid 20th century. A marl pit is recorded to the south (MDV11303).
The depression is interpreted as a post-medieval extractive pit, possibly for marl, that ceased extraction prior to circa 1840, after which it was planted as an orchard.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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