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| HER Number: | MDV115901 |
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| Name: | Possible Sand Pit, Castlehill Farm, Hemyock |
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Summary
A possible sand pit of between post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, at Castlehill Farm. The earthwork was not clearly visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 131 118 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST11SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hemyock |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HEMYOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SAND PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Sand pits are depicted to the north and south on this map.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1311 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
The possible sand pit is visible as an earthwork pit.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A possible sand pit of between post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, at Castlehill Farm. The earthwork is oval in shape, measures approximately 18m in length by 12m in width and is situated in close proximity to two sand pits to the north and south depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. The earthwork was not clearly visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey.
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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| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1311 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75249 ] |
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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 1:01PM |
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