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Summary

A small semi-circular former extractive pit of possible post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2006 and digital images derived lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 on the south-east facing slopes west of Collyhayes Farm, Awliscombe 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))
• MARL PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The pit was not depicted.

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

The pit was not depicted. A adjacent pit was shown and labelled Old Marl Pit.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1203 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A shallow earthwork pit was visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2006 ACCESSED 19-OCT-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A shallow earthwork pit was 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 roughly semi-circular pit, circa 50 by 30 metres in size, was visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2006 and digital images derived lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, on the south-east facing slopes west of Collyhayes Farm, Awliscombe parish. The visible earthwork does not correspond with any features depicted in this location on the available 19th century mapping and is interpreted as the remains of a former extractive pit potentially of post-medieval origin that was abandoned by the mid-19th century.
A pit immediately to the south-west, depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and therefore not transcribed by the survey, was labelled as an Old Marl Pit. The pit recorded here probably had the same function.

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 ST1203 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76654 ]
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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2006 ACCESSED 19-OCT-2016.

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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