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Summary

A pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the south of Burridge Cross, Chardstock parish. The pit is probably the remains of a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date. The earthwork was previously recorded as a ditched barrow.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric barrow south of Burridge Cross

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30NW/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• CHALK PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV104284.

A ditched barrow recorded from ap by c. Balkwill.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV104288.

Osa=st30nw17.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV104289.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974 3320-1.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Barrow visible on Royal Air Force aerial photograph.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3320-3321 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A pit was visible as an earthwork.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

A levelled pit was visible as an cropmark. Map object based partly on this source.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Site visit 21st September 1992. This field has been amalgamated with field to the north and ploughed. No finds recovered from fieldwalking. No earthworks visible.

Salvatore, J. P., 1999, Ditched Barrow at Burridge Cross (Chardstock) (Un-published). SDV348365.

Site visit 19th January 1999. No visible above ground remains. Not recommended for scheduling.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3106 23-MAY-2010 (Cartographic). SDV359481.

A levelled pit was visible as an cropmark. Map object based partly on this source.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 26/07/2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A levelled pit was visible as an cropmark.

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

A roughly oval shaped pit circa 33 by 25 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947, to the south of Burridge Cross, Chardstock parish.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any extractive feature depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The pit is therefore interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit, probably a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date that had passed out of use by the late-19th century.
The pit had been ploughed near level by 1971, the resulting cropmark revealing the full extent of the pit to be more elongated, closer to 50 metres in length. A more extensive darker cropmark on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010 may reflect the impact of the pit on local drainage.
The pit earthwork is probably the same feature as that previously and erroneously interpreted as a ditched barrow mound.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV104284	Migrated Record:
SDV104288	Migrated Record:
SDV104289	Aerial Photograph:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV342938	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #75315 ]
SDV348365	Un-published: Salvatore, J. P.. 1999. Ditched Barrow at Burridge Cross (Chardstock). Monuments Protection Programme. Report on Site for which Scheduling is Not . A4 Single Sheet.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3320-3321 11-APR-1947.
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359481	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3106 23-MAY-2010.
SDV359524	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3829. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971.
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 26/07/2017.

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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