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Summary

A possible medieval to 19th century extraction pit is visible as a large earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Skinner’s Copse. Given the large size of the earthworks present here, there is some uncertainty as to whether this feature is of natural origin, so some caution should be exercised.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A copse and partial earthworks are depicted here on this map.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1105 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 & 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit.

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 medieval to 19th century extraction pit is visible as a large earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Skinner’s Copse. The irregular shaped earthwork measures approximately 206m in length by 70m in width and is situated on gentle to moderate northwest facing slope. The extent of the extraction pit is defined as a copse on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map, with partial earthworks of this feature also depicted along its southwest edge. Given the large size of the earthworks present here, there is some uncertainty as to whether this feature is of natural origin, so some caution should be exercised. The earthworks are obscured by tree cover on aerial photographs and other digital images made available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1105 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 & 27-JUN-2016. [Mapped feature: #76703 ]

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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