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| HER Number: | MDV115908 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pit north of Long Lea Copse, Axminster Parish |
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Summary
A probable extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. The adjacent field boundary seems to respect it and it could be of medieval origin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 292 012 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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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
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this exact location.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
An earthwork pit 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 earthwork pit measuring circa 19 by 23 metres is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It is likely to be an extraction pit, although it is not clear in this instance what material was being extracted. It is not depicted on the available historic mapping, but the adjacent curvilinear field boundary in and area characterised as medieval enclosures seems to respect the pit, so it is possible that extraction occurred in the medieval period. Its relationship with the field boundary or trackway to the north (MDV115819) is not clear from the available imagery, but the pit may truncate the linear feature.
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: #75255 ] |
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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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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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