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Summary

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

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

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 Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted extractive pit. A small pond is depicted in this location.

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted extractive pit. A large pond is depicted in this location.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A shallow but broad 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.

An irregularly shaped pit was visible as a shallow and subtle earthwork circa 100 by 60 metres in size on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
The visible earthwork did not correspond with any extractive features depicted on the 19th century mapping available to the survey. A large pond was depicted on the Tithe Map for Plymtree within the area of the pit in Plot 198. A smaller pond was shown on the OS First Edition 25 inch map, south of the earlier pond, the extent of which was now shown as rough ground and scrub. The ponds are recorded separately as MDV113622.
On the OS First Edition map an area in the adjacent field to the east (Plot 224 on the Tithe Map) is also shown as rough pasture, coinciding with the eastward extent of the visible earthwork.
This might support the interpretation that the visible earthwork is the remains of an extractive that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century and was subsequently left as rough ground and utilised as a pond. The earthworks remain largely obscured from view by dense tree cover.

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.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77828 ]
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

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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