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HER Number:MDV116417
Name:Extraction Pit south-west of Thorney Cleave Copse, Dalwood

Summary

A probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1982. The area appears to have been reused as orchard in the mid-19th century.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 250 008
Map Sheet:ST20SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDalwood
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSTOCKLAND

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD)
  • ORCHARD (XIX - 1840 AD to 1880 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

An orchard is depicted in this location.


Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No orchard trees are depicted in this location.


Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An earthwork pit is visible.


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

An irregular earthwork pit, 20 by 53 metres, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1982. No pits are depicted on the available historic mapping in this exact location, and it is interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit that went out of use by the mid-19th century, by which time this area seems to have been in use as orchard. By the late-19th century no orchard is depicted in this area on the first edition OS mapping. It is possible that in common with many similar pits in the East Devon area, the sheltered area of the pit was deliberately exploited in the mid-19th century for fruit tree cultivation.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359177Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75741 ]
SDV359463Interpretation: 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)

Date Last Edited:Mar 20 2018 1:07PM