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| HER Number: | MDV115166 |
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| Name: | Possible Extractive Pit South of Yard Farm, Upottery Parish |
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Summary
A possible former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 2000 as an earthwork on the west to north-west-facing slopes north of Monkton Down Farm, Upottery Parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 193 044 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Upottery |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UPOTTERY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD? to 1840 AD? (Between))
- NON ANTIQUITY? (XX - 1947 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted map object.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted map object.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 4438-4439 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, OS/00973 V 54 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.
A roughly oval shallow earthwork pit or hollow 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 possible shallow oval pit approximately 40 by 20 metres in size was visible on aerial photographs of 2000 as an earthwork on the west to north-west-facing slopes immediately south of Yard Farm, Upottery Parish.
The earthwork did not correspond with any pit or quarry depicted on the Tithe Map for Upottery or the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map, and might therefore have passed out of use prior to the 1840s. However, the location of the pit is crossed by field boundaries enclosing an orchard on these historic maps. It may be that the pit predated the orchard enclosure; the establishment of orchards on former extractive pits is a recurrent theme noted by the NMP survey. However, it might be more likely that the earthworks were created after the partial removal of the field boundaries after 1947.
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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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe 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 4438-4439 11-APR-1947. |
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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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| SDV359480 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 54 19-MAR-2000. [Mapped feature: #74478 ] |
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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 12:51PM |
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