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| HER Number: | MDV118552 |
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| Name: | Extractive Pit north-east of Smiter's Pit, Dalwood |
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Summary
An earthwork pit, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, is interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval extractive pit that fell out of use by the mid-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 242 986 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dalwood |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | STOCKLAND |
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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 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
This plot of land is named 'Pit Close'.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
An area of scrub is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2498 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
An 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 earthwork pit is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. This area is along the south-east side of a field named ‘Pit Close’ on the Tithe apportionment and depicted as an area of scrub on the late-19th century OS map. It is interpreted as a post-medieval extractive pit that became disused by the mid-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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| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2498 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77831 ] |
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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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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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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 1:31PM |
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