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| HER Number: | MDV117409 |
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| Name: | Possible extraction pits within Skinner’s Copse, Broadhembury |
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Summary
Possible former extraction pits of post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of earthwork pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Skinner’s Copse.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 116 056 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Broadhembury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BROADHEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
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.
A series of possible extraction 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.
Possible former extraction pits of post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of earthwork pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Skinner’s Copse. The earthworks are situated on the steep west facing slopes of a ridge and comprise a series of four sub-oval to irregular shaped earthworks which each measure approximately 22m in length. These earthworks should, however, be viewed with some degree of caution and it is also possible they are the result of natural erosion, from fluvial action for example. They were, nonetheless, recorded given the density of extractive and mine workings in the vicinity, such as Roman open cast iron-ore pits and post-medieval whetstone mines. The earthworks were not visible on aerial photographs owing to dense tree cover here.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| | Linked documents:2 |
| 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: #76710 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:18PM |
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