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Summary

Extensive probable extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1948 and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They appear to have predated the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 449565

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Roman to XIX - 43 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

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

The area is depicted as mixed woodland.

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

The area is depicted as woodland.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3194-3195 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

A large area of irregular earthwork pits is visible.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV359716.

An extensive area of earthwork pits 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.

A wide band of irregular ground, circa 30 metres in width and more than 300 metres long, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1948 and less distinctly on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. A small pit located to the west may have been connected by two curvilinear ditches, perhaps trackways. A number of quarries and disused quarries are depicted in the vicinity on the late-19th century mapping, but none in this exact location, and the area was depicted as woodland in all the available 19th century maps. The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of extraction predating the mid-19th century, and it is worth noting their resemblance iron extraction pits recorded elsewhere in the Blackdown Hills. An adjacent trackway (MDV116995) is also visible as an earthwork and may have connected the extractive industry with the road to the north. They are probably the same as earthworks previously recorded by Historic England as military entrenchments but later reinterpreted as quarries (NHLE449656).

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.
SDV359315	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3194-3195 22-JAN-1948. [Mapped feature: #76301 ]
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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SDV359716	Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.

Associated Monuments

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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