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Summary

The location of a possible former extractive pit of probable post-medieval date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as slight earthwork and cropmark on the plateau top, south-east of Mattys Cross, Upottery parish.

Location

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 (Between))
• BOMB CRATER? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted pit.

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted pit.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2304-2305 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A shallow pit was visible as an earthwork and cropmark.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1808 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The pit was visible as an area of scrub vegetation, partly obscured by dense tree cover.

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

A possible former extractive pit of probable post-medieval date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as roughly oval earthwork and cropmark approximately 20 metres in diameter, just over 400 metres south-east of Mattys Cross, Upottery parish.
The visible earthwork did not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Upottery. This might support the interpretation that the pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century.
An alternative interpretation for this earthwork is as the site of a bomb crater of Second World War date. Two further similar features were visible as earthworks within a distance of 300 metres.
The site of the earthwork remains visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 as an area of disturbed ground or scrub vegetation.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2304-2305 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #75861 ]
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 ST1808 08-SEP-2014.

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)

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