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| HER Number: | MDV116519 |
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| Name: | Extractive pit below Gorehayes Farm, Upottery parish |
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Summary
A probable former extractive pit of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an earthwork pit on the south-west-facing slopes below Gorehayes Farm, Upottery parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 195 086 |
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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 (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3303-3304 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
A shallow earthwork pit was visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1624-1625 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.
A shallow earthwork pit was visible.
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1908 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.
The pit remained visible as a dark cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A probable former extractive pit was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards as an irregularly shaped earthwork pit approximately 63 by 21 metres in size on the south-west-facing slopes below Gorehayes Farm, Upottery parish.
The pit did not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Upottery, but was bisected by field boundary that was shown. Whilst the surrounding field pattern has been characterised by HLC as late medieval in origin, the boundary that bisected the pit was probably of post-medieval to 19th century date. It is therefore likely that the pit was medieval or earlier in origin.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3303-3304 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV357675 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1624-1625 03-SEP-1982. [Mapped feature: #75848 ] |
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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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| SDV359479 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1908 08-SEP-2014. |
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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 1:09PM |
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