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Summary

Earthworks of uncertain origin are visible as a series of banks and pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the southwest of Park Lane. The earthworks may be evidence of Roman to early medieval ironstone mining, or are of natural origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
• IRONSTONE MINE? (Roman to VII - 43 AD to 700 AD (Between))

Full description

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1309 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The earthworks are visible as a series of banks and pits.

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

Earthworks of uncertain origin are visible as a series of banks and pits on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the southwest of Park Lane. The subtle earthworks occupy an area of approximately 0.42 hectares of gentle east facing slope, along the break of slope of a steep sloping combe. They comprise three possible sub-circular pit-like features approximately 13m in diameter, with a series of possible linear north to south and east to west aligned banks. The earthworks bear some resemblance to the extensive open cast mines visible as pit and mound/banked features located approximately 3km to the south, so may conceivable form an isolated patch of similar Roman to early medieval workings. Given their situation along the edge of a prominent combe, they could also, however be of natural weathering and slumping.

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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1309 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #77396 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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