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| HER Number: | MDV116298 |
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| Name: | Possible extractive pits southwest of Underdown Covert, Upottery |
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Summary
Former extractive pits of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date were visible on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data as earthwork pits north-west of the A30, overlooking Claypitts Farm, Upottery parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 198 052 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Upottery |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UPOTTERY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, OS/00973 V 55-56 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.
Several small pits and associated mounds were visible as earthworks.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1905 & ST2005 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Several small extractive pits are visible as earthworks.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Former extractive pits of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of 2000 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in early 2016 as earthwork pits within and south of Underdown Covert, north-west of the A30, Upottery parish.
The pits are largely roughly circular to oval in size and range from circa 10 to 20 metres in diameter. An exception is a larger and more irregularly shaped pit at circa ST19820521, possibly formed of several smaller contiguous pits and small oval mounds, possibly spoil heaps. Alternatively this might be a former golf course bunker or associated earthwork, two examples of which were noted at circa ST19940517 and ST19960521 as disused but open pits, presumably associated with the neighbouring Otter Valley Golf Course, and not transcribed as part of the survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV359480 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 55-56 19-MAR-2000. |
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| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1905 & ST2005 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75628 ] |
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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 1:06PM |
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