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| HER Number: | MDV115911 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pits south of Lower Rag Copse, Axminster Parish |
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Summary
Two extractive pits, one at least of possible medieval origin, are visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. They appear to have become disused by the late-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 291 013 |
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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.
The location of one of the two pits is depicted as a small wooded area.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
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.
Two earthwork pits measuring circa 26-28 by 17-18 metres are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are located just to the south of an area marked as ‘old quarry’ on the first edition OS map (MDV47911), and may have resulted from an earlier phase of extraction, perhaps for chalk or limestone given the proximity of limekiln MDV113262. The adjacent curvilinear field boundary in an area characterised as medieval enclosures seems to respect the pit, so it is possible that extraction occurred in the medieval period.
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: #75259 ] |
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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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