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| HER Number: | MDV114248 |
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| Name: | Quarries west of Short Burn Farm, Milton Abbot |
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Summary
Quarries of post-medieval to modern date are visible as earthwork cut features on aerial photographs, to the west of Short Burn Farm. The earthworks were recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 414 784 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Milton Abbot |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MILTON ABBOT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, MAL 127/71/073-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.
Two earthwork cut features visible on aerial photographs have been interpreted as post-medieval quarries.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.
No earthworks are visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.
Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photograph is not known.
Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 08-AUG-2015 ACCESSED 14-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.
Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs dating to and pre-dating 2010. No earthworks are visible on aerial photographs dating from 2015 onwards, indicating the quarry has been filled and levelled between 2010 and 2015.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.
No earthworks are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013; the quarry has been filled and levelled by this time.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346287 | Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). MAL 127/71/073-4. [Mapped feature: #73585 ] |
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| SDV359374 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
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| SDV363088 | Aerial Photograph: Google. 2019. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 08-AUG-2015 ACCESSED 14-APR-2021. |
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| SDV363945 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2020-2021. Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363955 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
- EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 15 2021 11:08AM |
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