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Summary

A possible extractive pit of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1970s onwards.

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

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted pit features.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3800, RAF/39/3800 V 84-85 06-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359525.

A pit was visible as a subtle earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89186 V, OS/89186 V 27-28 18-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359721.

A pit was visible as a subtle earthwork. Possible traces of orchard banks were visible as slight earthworks across the plot.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2906 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

A possible 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 circa 20 by 15 metres across was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 onwards, up to and including digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any pit shown on the 19th century maps available to the survey, but does fall within an area depicted as an orchard. It is interpreted as the remains of a former extractive pit that had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century and was subsequently reused as an orchard. Possible traces of narrow tree banks were visible as slight earthworks across the plot on aerial photographs of 1989 but could not be identified on any other images available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2906 08-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #78620 ]
SDV359525	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3800. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3800 V 84-85 06-OCT-1971.
SDV359721	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89186 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89186 V 27-28 18-MAY-1989.

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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