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Summary

A former small extractive pit, possibly a marl pit of possible post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SW/116

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 402 was listed as an orchard named Buckerell Land Orchard; Plot 403 was listed as arable, named Chapless Pit.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89038, OS/89038 V 228-229 07-MAR-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359507.

A large oval pit was visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1300 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A large oval pit was visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A roughly oval pit up to circa 90 by 50 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1989 and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
The visible earthworks did not correspond with any pit features depicted in this location on the 19th century mapping available to the survey. However, it does partly correspond with a plot depicted on the Tithe Map for Buckerell (Plot 403) which although listed as arable, was named Chapless Pit. It also corresponds closely at its eastern end with plot 402, Buckerell Land Orchard. Relict pits were often utilised as orchards once they had passed out of use. This supports the interpretation that the visible earthworks are the remains of an extractive that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1300 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77318 ]
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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SDV359507	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89038. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89038 V 228-229 07-MAR-1989.

Associated Monuments

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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