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HER Number: | MDV114969 |
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Name: | Honiton Tunnel Air Shaft |
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Summary
An air shaft over the Honiton Tunnel, the rail tunnel under Northcote Hill roughly between Northcote Hill Farm and Lower Whitehorn, was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as a small circular structure set between low earthwork mounds, probably spoilheaps, on the west facing slopes to the south of Oakdene.
Location
Grid Reference: | ST 185 012 |
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Map Sheet: | ST10SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Honiton |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | HONITON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: 19th century railway tunnel ventilation shaft about 75 metres south-west of Oakdene
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SPOIL HEAP (XIX to XXI - 1801 AD to 2016 AD (Between))
- VENTILATION SHAFT (XIX to XXI - 1801 AD to 2016 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A small structure was depicted and annotaed as Air Shaft.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3440-3441 11-APR- (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
A small structure was visible casting a shadow.
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1801 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.
A small circualr structure was visible.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1801 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Low earthwork mounds were visible.
Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.
A small structure was depicted and annotaed as Air Shaft.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
An air shaft over the Honiton Tunnel, the rail tunnel under Northcote Hill roughly between Northcote Hill Farm and Lower Whitehorn, was visible as a small circular structure between 3 and 4 metres in diameter, on the west facing slopes to the south of Oakdene. The structure was located between two low, conjoined roughly circular earthwork mounds, probably spoilheaps, visible as earthworks on digital images derived fromlidar data captured in early 2016.
The shaft structure was depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and on the current OS MasterMap base layers and has not therefore been transcribed as part of the survey.
Nonetheless, the airshaft superstructure was clearly visible on aerial photographs from 1947 onward and digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 and lidar data of 2016, and is worthy of record as part of the historic rail infrastructure.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3440-3441 11-APR-. |
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SDV359352 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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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 ST1801 08-SEP-2014. |
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SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1801 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #74293 ] |
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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)
Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 12:49PM |
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