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Summary

A pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1970s, east of Hook, Chardstock parish, is probably the remains of a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

British Geological Survey, BGS 50000 scale digital geology (Website). SDV358790.

The pit is located on an area mapped as chalk bedrock.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map (Cartographic). SDV360577.

The pit did not correspond with any depicted pit or quarry.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

A shallow earthwork pit was visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3105 13-JUN-2014 (Cartographic). SDV360175.

A 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 oval pit circa 60 by 50 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971, on the west-facing slopes east of Hook, Chardstock parish.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The pit is therefore interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit of post-medieval to 19th century date that had passed out of use by the late-19th century. The gelology in this location would support an interpretation as a chalk pit.
The earthwork was visible on digital images visualised from photogrammetrically derived elevation data captured in 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV358790	Website: British Geological Survey. BGS 50000 scale digital geology. http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/BGS_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/wms?. Website.
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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SDV359524	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3829. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971.
SDV360175	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3105 13-JUN-2014. [Mapped feature: #78956 ]
SDV360577	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Digital).

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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