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Summary

A possible former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork on the south-east facing slopes west of Hornshayes Farm, Stockland 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 1840 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 quarry or pit. It does correspond with plots symbolised as orchards.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted quarry or pit. It does correspond with plots symbolised as orchards.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 54-55 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

An oval earthwork pit was visible.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2304 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.

A slight cropmark indicates the location of the pit.

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 former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork on the south-east facing slopes west of Hornshayes Farm, Stockland parish. The pit is irregularly oval in shape, measuring up to circa 86 metres long and circa 50 metres wide. The earthworks did not correspond with any pits or quarries depicted on the Tithe Map for Stockland or the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. The pit did largely fall within plots depicted on the 19th century maps as orchards. The extractive use of the pits had therefore probably ceased prior to the 1840s and the possibly otherwise agriculturally marginal land was probably reused as orchards. This pattern of reuse is repeated throughout the survey area. The pit is just discernible as a cropmark on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2010, on which the land has been replanted as an orchard, and probably survives as a subtle earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359317	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2304 23-MAY-2010.
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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SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 54-55 08-MAY-1996. [Mapped feature: #74651 ]

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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