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| HER Number: | MDV115811 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pit south-west of Churchill, All Saints Parish |
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Summary
A probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1947. The area has since been landscaped and developed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 297 018 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | All Saints |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHALK PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- 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 interrupted elongated pit, up to 200 metres in length and circa 20 metres wide, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. It is located along the east side of Smallridge Road, which it probably post-dates. No features are depicted in this exact location on the available historic mapping, although a chalk pit is marked immediately to the south (MDV47324) and it is interpreted as a similar post-medieval or early modern extraction pit that became disused before the end of the 19th century. The area has since been landscaped and developed.
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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| 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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| SDV359480 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 0002-0003 19-MAR-2000. |
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| 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: #75157 ] |
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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 1:00PM |
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