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Summary

Probable post-medieval or possibly medieval extractive pit, visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It seems to have gone out of use by the mid-19th century but perhaps considerably earlier.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this location.

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

No features are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1427-1428 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork depression is indistinctly visible.

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

A three-part earthwork depression 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 large earthwork depression, covering approximately 50 by 60 metres in total, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It is divided into three parts, one in each of three adjacent fields, separated by the north to south aligned Hunthay Lane. The field boundaries and the road dip downwards over the site of the pit, suggesting that it pre-dates them. The boundaries are in an area characterised as enclosures of medieval origin and they are depicted on the 19th century mapping, although the pit is not. The earthwork is interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit that was abandoned by the mid-19th century and perhaps some time previously in the medieval period.

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 1427-1428 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: #76958 ]
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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