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Summary

Possible former extractive pits of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1982.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1890 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any explicitly depicted pit but closely matches an area defined by a dashed line.

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted pit but its presence is indicated by tree alignments.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1136-1137 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

Curvilinear and linear earthwork hollows were 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 possible former extractive pits were visible as earthworks on aerial photograph of 182 as narrow rectilinear and curvilinear pits west of Awliscombe House.
The visible earthworks did not explicitly correspond with any pit features depicted in this location on the 19th century mapping available to the survey. However a curved area defined by a dashed line on the Tithe Map for Awliscombe probably corresponds with the southern earthwork. Tree alignments depicted on the OS First Edition 25inch might indicate that the northern edge of the northern pit was previously defined by a hedgerow boundary.
The extractive pits had therefore passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century.

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.
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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SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1136-1137 28-AUG-1982. [Mapped feature: #77187 ]

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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