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Summary

A former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 1982 as an earthwork on the north-east facing slopes to the west of Ellishayes Farm, Combe Raleigh Parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 2445-2446 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Earthwork pits were visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1503 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

Earthwork pits remained visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Digital Colour Raster Map (Cartographic). SDV319717.

The pit is schematically depicted.

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 extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 1982 as an earthwork on the north-east facing slopes to the west of Ellishayes Farm, Combe Raleigh Parish. The product of the pit is unknown, but two possible phases of extraction were visible; an oval pit circa 30 by 13 metres in size was visible within or abutting a larger but shallower and more irregularly shaped pit circa 40 by 30 metres in size.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any pit or quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map, and therefore probably passed out of use prior to the 1880s. The pits remain visible as earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014, and its location is marked schematically on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 colour raster map.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV319717	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Digital Colour Raster Map. 1:25,000. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 2445-2446 11-APR-1947.
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 ST1503 08-SEP-2014.

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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