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Summary

A former sand extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as an enclosed area of irregular earthworks on the south-west facing slopes west of the road between Ridge Cross and Larkshayes Cross, Stockland parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SAND PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A Sand Pit was depicted and annotated.

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

The sand pit plot remained depicted but was not annotated.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An enclosed area of irregular earthworks was visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The extractive pit plot boundaries and earthworks have been cleared and levelled.

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

A former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as an enclosed area of irregular earthworks on the south-west facing slopes west of the road between Ridge Cross and Larkshayes Cross, Stockland parish, abutting the road to the east and a field boundary to the south. The enclosed area was depicted on the Tithe Map for Stockland and the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map and was therefore not transcribed by the survey. The enclosed area, plot 1751 on the Tithe Map, was annotated and listed on the apportionments as ‘Public sand pit’. The plot is depicted as rough ground on the OS First Edition map and might therefore have passed out of use by this date, although it appears to remain open to the road to the east and accessed by a footpath.
Digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 reveal that the enclosure banks have been removed and with the enclosed earthworks, almost completely levelled. The location of the former field boundaries remained visible as slight cropmarks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #74843 ]
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).
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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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital.

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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