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| HER Number: | MDV116033 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pits west of Tolcis Lime Works, Axminster Parish |
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Summary
Three probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pits, probably supplying Tolcis Lime Works, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 274 010 |
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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
- CHALK PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
No particular features are depicted in these exact locations, although one is depicted as an area of scrubby ground.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1124-1125 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.
Three earthwork pits are visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2700-2701 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
Three 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.
Three irregular earthwork pits, between 34 and 60 metres in maximum visible extent, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards. They are interpreted as extraction pits and the place names ‘Lime Pit Close’ in plots 797 and 828 on the Tithe map (MDV47306 & MDV47314) indicate the type of material that was probably being extracted in this area. One corresponds to an area of scrubby ground depicted on the Tithe map, suggesting that they were probably disused by this point. The pits may have supplied the nearby Tolcis Lime Works (MDV49629).
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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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2700-2701 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75379 ] |
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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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| SDV359646 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1124-1125 11-APR-1947. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV47314 | Related to: CHALK PIT in the Parish of Axminster (Monument) |
| MDV47306 | Related to: QUARRY in the Parish of Axminster (Monument) |
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 1:03PM |
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