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Summary

A former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3800, RAF/39/3800 V 77-78 06-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359525.

A pit is visible as a subtle earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2508 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

A pit is visible as a subtle earthwork, partly obscured by trees.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2608 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A pit is visible as a subtle 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 subtle earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The eastern edge of the visible earthworks corresponds with two small pit features, one probably a pond, depicted in this location on 19th century mapping.
This supports the interpretation that the visible earthworks are the remains of a larger extractive pit that had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century and had been partly levelled. The extant pits remain obscured from view by dense tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014.

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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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2508 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359525	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3800. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3800 V 77-78 06-OCT-1971.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2608 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #78581 ]

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)

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