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Summary

An extensive area of chalk extraction pits of post-medieval or 19th-century date are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They probably supplied associated limekilns.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• LIME WORKS? (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Several limekilns and chalk pits are depicted in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Several chalk pits and limekilns are depicted in this location, all marked as 'old'.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4427-4428 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A extensive, irregular earthwork pit is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2704 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A large irregular earthwork pit is visible.

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

An irregular earthwork pit, following a roughly linear alignment up to 275 metres in length, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. A limekiln and chalk pits, ‘old’ and current, were depicted on the late-19th century mapping within the extent of the larger of the pit, but by the early-20th century all were marked as ‘old’. It is likely that the pits supplied the limekilns with materials to make quicklime, and that parts were still in operation in the late-19th century. The multiple limekilns suggest that this industrial activity may have been based on land ownership, with a pit and a limekiln in each of the adjacent field parcels, although there were probably also consecutive phases of activity.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4427-4428 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2704 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74661 ]
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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Associated Monuments

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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