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Summary

A large roughly circular hollow, probably the remains of an extractive pit of medieval to post-medieval date, was visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data, on the west facing slopes of Crook Hill, Combe Raleigh parish. It is one of three similar pits visible in close proximity.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1134-1134 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

A circular earthwork pit was visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1602 Environment Agency DSTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359178.

A circular earthwork pit was visible.

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

A large roughly circular hollow was visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data, on the west facing slopes of Crook Hill, Combe Raleigh parish. The earthwork abuts a field boundary on its south-western edge, but is largely circular in plan and measures circa 50 metres in diameter. It is situated between the 115m and 125 metre contours on Crook Hill, and is one of three pits visible in close proximity, of similar plan and situation, none of which were depicted on the Tithe Map for Combe Raleigh This might support the interpretation that the earthwork was the remains of an extractive pit of medieval to 19th century date, exploiting a seam or outcrop of mineral resources at this particular elevation.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359178	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1602 Environment Agency DSTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74307 ]
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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SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1134-1134 28-AUG-1982.

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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