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| HER Number: | MDV116309 |
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| Name: | Extractive pits north west of Underdown Farm, Upottery parish |
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Summary
Former extractive pits of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as earthwork pits on the west-facing slopes north-west of Underdown Farm, Upottery parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 196 057 |
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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 1880 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.
The visible earthworks correspond in part with a plot (1739) named as 'pit'.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted extractive pits.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Two former pits were visible as earthwork hollows.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1905 04-MAY-2010 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
A circular and irregularly shaped earthwork pit was visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Two former extractive pits were visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010 and lidar data captured in 2016 as gentle earthwork hollows on the north-west-facing slopes of the Otter Valley, north-west of Underdown Farm, Upottery parish.
The southern pit was roughly circular in shape and circa 28 metres in diameter. The northernmost pit was irregular in shape and measured up to 65 metres across. Neither was depicted as an extractive pit on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition, but the northern earthwork corresponded in part with a small plot (1739) demarcated by a dotted line on the Tithe Map for Upottery and described as ‘Pit’ on the apportionments. This might support the interpretation that the pits had partly passed out of use prior to the 1840s, and completely by the 1880s.
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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| SDV349463 | Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website. |
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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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| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75640 ] |
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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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