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Summary

Possible post-medieval or early modern extractive pits, visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, which probably went out of use by the mid to late-19th century.

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)

Full description

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

Part of the map is missing, but part of the area is depicted as orchard.

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

The orchard is not depicted, and the other two areas are depicted as rough ground.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2599 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Three irregular earthwork pits are visible.

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

Three irregular earthwork pits, the largest circa 90 by 30 metres, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. The northernmost is least well defined and partly corresponds to an area depicted as orchard on the Tithe map, although this seems to have been removed by the late-19th century. The other two areas are depicted as rough ground on the late-19th century map. The pits are not clearly defined on the aerial photographs and the southernmost are obscured by woodland. They are interpreted as the remains of extractive pits that went out of use and scrubbed up by the end of the 19th century.

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.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2599 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76271 ]
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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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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