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| HER Number: | MDV115401 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pit west of Membury Court |
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Summary
A probable extraction pit of post-medieval date is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It probably fell into disuse prior to the late-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 260 038 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Membury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEMBURY |
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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 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this exact location.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2603 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
An 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, 20 by 12 metres, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. No features are depicted on the available historic mapping and the earthwork is interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval extraction pit that had ceased operation by the late-19th century.
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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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2603 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74729 ] |
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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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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 12:55PM |
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