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Summary

A probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork and later a cropmark on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It appears to have become disused some time previously.

Location

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)

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1120-1121 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

An irregular earthwork hollow, filled with trees, is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, OS/00973 V 0002-0003 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.

An irregular pale cropmark 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, up to 65 metres across, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It is interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit, possibly of post-medieval or early modern date. It is not depicted on the available historic mapping and appears to have been colonised by, or perhaps planted with trees by 1947, suggesting that it had been abandoned some time previously. It may have been partially infilled and levelled as it is only visible as a pale cropmark on the most recent aerial photographs; there is no lidar data for this area but slight earthworks may remain.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359480	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 0002-0003 19-MAR-2000.
SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1120-1121 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #75150 ]

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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