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Summary

Three extraction pit of probable post-medieval or early modern date are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1996 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They may be associated with a larger quarry complex nearby.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

One of the areas is depicted as scrub.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 103-104 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

Several earthwork pits are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2802 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The pits are visible as earthworks.

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

Three earthwork hollows in the vicinity of quarries depicted on the historic mapping (MDV47308) are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1996 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping, although large areas of 'old quarry' are marked just to the south. They are likely to be earlier phases of quarrying that had been exhausted or abandoned prior to the late-19th century. One centred at ST2879602304 was scrubbed up by the late-19th century and is now wooded and only visible on the lidar imagery. Another at ST2846202361 is in a gateway and the pit could be partly caused by erosion but it is well defined and fairly deep and likely to have originated as a cut earthwork feature. A limekiln (MDV47348) apparently associated with the quarries marked on historic maps could suggest that limestone or chalk was being extracted in this area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2802 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75073 ]
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 103-104 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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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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