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| HER Number: | MDV118389 |
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| Name: | Extractive Pit in the north of Mountain Copse, Widworthy |
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Summary
An irregular earthwork pit is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 and is interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval extractive pit that fell out of use by the late-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 221 989 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Widworthy |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDWORTHY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The area is depicted as mixed wodland.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2298 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
An irregular earthwork pit 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.
An irregular earthwork pit is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The area is depicted as mixed woodland on the available historic mapping and the ground surface is obscured by tree cover on the available aerial photographs. It is interpreted as a post-medieval extractive pit that became disused by the 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). |
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| 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 SY2298 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #77671 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:28PM |
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