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Summary

Former extensive extractive pits of possible medieval to 19th century date were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data, on the north-facing slopes west of Brimblecombe Farm, Dalwood parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2014 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 pit.

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted pit.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1130 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

Large but shallow earthwork pits were visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 7-8 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

Large but shallow earthwork pits were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2400 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

One or two connect large earthwork pits were visible.

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

Former extensive extractive pits of possible medieval to 19th century date were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data, on the north-facing slopes west of Brimblecombe Farm, Dalwood parish.
The earthworks were irregularly shaped, covering an area of nearly 0.9 hectares, abutting the west of the farmstead. 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, which supports the interpretation that use of the extractive pit had ceased by the 1840s at the latest.
The earthworks fell within an area depicted as an orchard on the Tithe Map for Dalwood parish, plot 570 named as Pit Orchard on the apportionment, and the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map. The extractive use of the pit had therefore probably ceased some time prior to the 1840s, possibly in the medieval or post-medieval period. The plot, possibly subsequently viewed as agriculturally marginal land was probably then reused as or incorporated into an orchard.
The orchard has now been largely cleared of trees but the earthworks remain most clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and therefore probably survives as an 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.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2400 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74728 ]
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 7-8 08-MAY-1996.
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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SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1130 11-APR-1947.

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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