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Summary

Probable post-medieval or early modern extractive pits, are visible as an irregular earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They probably went out of use by the mid-19th century and one area was subsequently used for orchard.

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)
• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

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

Trees are depicted in a small triangular plot of land.

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

Orchard trees are depicted in a small triangular plot of land.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1425-1426 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Two earthwork pits and scattered trees are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2898 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two 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.

Two roughly triangular earthwork pits, between 25 and 65 metres in maximum width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. The largest, circa 30 metres to the south of the smaller, probably went out of use by the mid-19th century, when it is depicted as wooded, and was orchard by the late-19th centry. It is interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit that fell out of use by the mid-19th century and was subsequently used as orchard. The smaller pit may have been associated with it, but no orchard trees are depicted in this location on the available historic mapping.

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.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1425-1426 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2898 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76813 ]
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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