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| HER Number: | MDV115813 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pits east of Churchill, All Saints Parish |
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Summary
Three probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 292 017 |
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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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| Civil Parish | Membury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEMBURY |
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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 these exact locations, although a limkeiln (MDV47312) is marked adjacent to the southernmost pit.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1121-1122 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.
Two earthwork pits are visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
Three earthwork pits are visible.
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2901 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.
Two earthwork pits are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Three irregular earthwork pits, between 35 and 55 metres across, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. One is under woodland, but the other two are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards, and they appear to have been under grass in 1947. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping, but are close to a chalk pit (MDV47311) and limekiln (MDV47312) marked on the late-19th century OS map and are likely to be the remains of earlier phases of chalk extraction in this vicinity, perhaps used in the early modern or post-medieval period to lime the fields for agricultural improvement.
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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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75159 ] |
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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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| SDV359479 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2901 08-SEP-2014. |
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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 1121-1122 11-APR-1947. |
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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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