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Summary

Extensive extractive pits cut into the hillside are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. They are interpreted as of post-medieval or modern 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.

No quarries are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3427-3428 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An extensive area of earthwork pits is visible along the scarp.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2701,801-2802 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An extensive area of earthwork pits is visible along the scarp.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

An extensive area of earthwork pits, covering 950 metres along the scarp, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are not depicted on the historic mapping, although an ‘Old Quarry’ and ‘Tolcis Lime Works’ are depicted to the south (MDV47358 and MDV49629). The pits are from 14 and up to 90 metres wide and cut into the hillside and most seem to sit within the field boundaries. This seems to suggest that they post-date the field system which comprises straight-edged land parcels characteristic of 19th century enclosures. It is possible that the earthworks are earlier phases of extraction predating the quarries to the south, but likely to have also been extracting materials for lime works.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3427-3428 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2701,801-2802 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75293 ]
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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