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| HER Number: | MDV118967 |
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| Name: | Earthwork pit and banked feature, Black Down Common, Culmstock |
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Summary
An earthwork of largely uncertain origin, but tentatively interpreted as a possible Roman to early medieval iron-ore open cast mine or post-medieval to 19th century extractive pit, is visible as a pit and banked feature on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998-2014, on Black Down Common, Culmstock.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 118 164 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST11NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Culmstock |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CULMSTOCK |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Possible Bronze Age burial mounds/cairns and Roman/post-Roman open cast extractive pits on Black Down Common
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OPEN CAST MINE? (Roman to VII - 43 AD to 700 AD (Between))
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4076-77 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
A circular earthwork bank with internal pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1116 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2001 ACCESSED 28-MAR-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.
A circular earthwork bank with internal 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 of largely uncertain origin, but tentatively interpreted as a possible Roman to early medieval iron-ore open cast mine or post-medieval to 19th century extractive pit, is visible as a pit and banked feature on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998-2014, on Black Down Common, Culmstock. The earthworks are visible as a sub-circular ringed bank, approximately 7m in diameter, within which is a possible oval shaped pit, approximately 2.5m in length by 1.5m in width. Concentrations of extractive workings have been recorded in close proximity to the east and north (for example MDV49849; MDV119145 & MDV54130) which supports the interpretation that this earthwork excercised a similar such function. A site visit may help establish more fully the likely function of this feature and to assess its survival.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4076-77 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1116 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. |
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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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| SDV359580 | Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2001 ACCESSED 28-MAR-2017. [Mapped feature: #78271 ] |
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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: | Apr 12 2019 4:59PM |
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