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Summary

Two probable extractive pits are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. They are interpreted as of possible post-medieval origin and appear to have become disused by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Two ponds and an area of scrubby ground are depicted.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2801 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two earthwork pits are visible either side of a trackway.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Two ponds are depicted.

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, one either side of a track, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are fairly extensive covering a maximum visible extent of circa 63 by 85 metres. The area of the larger pit is depicted as woodland on the Tithe map, but not the first edition OS mapping, when small areas of marshy and scrubby land are depicted within the footprint of the larger pit, and what appears to be an irregular pond within the location of the smaller pit. It is obscured by tree cover on the available aerial photographs, but two ponds are marked on the modern mapping. The earthworks are interpreted as extraction pits that had become disused by the mid-19th century, although it is not clear in this instance what material was being extracted.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2801 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75265 ]
SDV359352	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
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)

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