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| HER Number: | MDV116482 |
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| Name: | Extraction Pits, west of Harvestwood Farm, Upottery |
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Summary
Extraction pits of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as earthwork pits on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the west of Harvestwood Farm. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 201 082 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20NW |
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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 (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.
Plot 235 is recorded as ‘School Pit’.
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
The extent of the extraction pits are partly depicted on this map.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3305 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
The extraction pits are visible as earthwork pits.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2008 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
The extraction pits are visible as earthwork pits.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Extraction pits of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as earthwork pits on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the west of Harvestwood Farm. The two earthworks are located either side of a road. That to the east measures approximately 61m in length by 19m in width, whilst that to the west measures approximately 72m in length by 38m in width. The earthworks are partly depicted here on the Parish Tithe map of approximately 1838-48 and land parcel 235 is recorded as ‘School Pit’ on the accompanying Tithe Apportionment. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe 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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| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3305 11-APR-1947. |
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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 ST2008 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75811 ] |
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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 1:08PM |
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