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Summary

A former quarry or extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data, concealed by a small woodland or copse on the west-facing slopes south of Snodwell Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD? (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The pit corresponds with a depicted woodland.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 4308-4309 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork pit can be seen through lighter vegetation cover.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2103 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A large and irregular pit was visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

The woodland remains depicted.

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 quarry or extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data on the west-facing slopes south of Snodwell Farm.
The earthwork visible on lidar derived imagery corresponds closely to a small woodland or copse. The woodland was depicted on the Tithe Map for Stockland and was therefore established prior to the early 19th century. The earthwork can just be discerned through sparser vegetation on aerial photographs of 1947, but the woodland remains well established on the most recent images available to the survey and is depicted on the OS MasterMap.
It is possible that the quarry was created in the earlier medieval period, as there is some evidence it disrupted a contemporary field pattern. Once the extractive use had ceased the pit, as less productive agricultural land, was probably converted to a plantation, possibly in the later medieval period.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 4308-4309 11-APR-1947.
SDV359352	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2103 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #75143 ]

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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