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Summary

Possible former quarry or extractive pit earthworks of unknown date were visible on aerial photographs on the north-east facing slopes to the south of Lower Brimpit 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))
• QUARRY? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plots 1363 and 1365 were named on the Tithe Apportionment for Stockland as Pitts Plot and Pit Plot.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 4308-4309 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Pits and ground disturbance were visible as earthworks. Map object based partly on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 53-54 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

Pits and ground disturbance were visible as earthworks. Map object based partly on this source.

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

Possible former quarry or extractive pit earthworks of unknown date were visible on aerial photographs on the north-east facing slopes to the north-east of Lane End Farm, Stockland parish. The possible former quarries were visible as uneven ground and possible intercutting pits over an area of circa 0.25 hectares. 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. However, the plots in which the earthworks were visible, plots 1363 and 1365, were named on the Tithe Apportionment for Stockland as Pitts Plot and Pit Plot, associated with the farmstead or property previously known as Featherlake, now Lower Brimpit Farm. This field name evidence might support the interpretation that the earthworks were evidence of former extractive sites of post-medieval to early 19th century date.
Individual pits could not be transcribed with any confidence and the extent of the disturbance was therefore defined.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 4308-4309 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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SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 53-54 08-MAY-1996.

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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