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Summary

A former probable extractive pit or quarry of possible 19th to 20th century date and two probably associated buildings were intermittently visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an irregularly shaped earthwork pit and rectilinear structures on the steep north-east facing slopes of a combe now within Spilcombe Copse, Monkton parish. The pit remained clearly visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1801 AD to 1947 AD)
• QUARRY (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1801 AD to 1947 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 1439-1440 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit and rectilinear structure were visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69270, OS/69270 V 102-103 12-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359511.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit and rectilinear structure were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1900 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit and rectilinear structure were visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1900 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The earthwork pit remained clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

A rectilinear structure was depicted. Map object based partly on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A former probable extractive pit or quarry of possible 19th to 20th century date and two probably associated buildings were intermittently visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an earthwork pit and rectilinear structures on the steep north-east facing slopes of a combe now within Spilcombe Copse, Monkton parish.
The pit is irregularly shaped and measures between circa 30 and 50 metres across. A small structure up to 3 metres long was visible located within the body of the pit on aerial photographs of 1969. A rectilinear structure circa 18 metres long and 5 metres wide was visible roughly 456 metres east of the pit on aerial photographs of 1947. This structure remained visible on the 1969 photographs and digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014, but appeared to be in a ruinous condition. The smaller structure in the quarry can also still be seen on these more recent images, but appears to have been moved. The larger structure is depicted on the Ordnance Survey MasterMap base layer and has therefore not been transcribed. Tree cover obscures much of the earthwork on the most recent aerial photographs but the pit remained clearly visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. Additional smaller pits were also visible within the wood on the lidar data, farther to the north.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 1439-1440 11-APR-1947.
SDV359352	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1900 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359511	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69270. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/69270 V 102-103 12-JUN-1969.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1900 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #74152 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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