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| HER Number: | MDV119692 |
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| Name: | Former extractive pit on Burridge Common, Chardstock parish |
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Summary
An earthwork pit visible as on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Burridge Common, Chardstock parish is probably they remains of a small chalk extraction pit of post-medieval to 19th century date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 310 064 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST30NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Chardstock |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHARDSTOCK |
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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 visible earthwork is depicted within an area of chalk geology.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map (Cartographic). SDV360577.
The pit is not depicted as an earthwork.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4116-4117 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
A pit is visible as an earthwork.
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3106 13-JUN-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359309.
The location of the pit is obscured by dense vegetation.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A roughly-circular shaped pit circa 10 metres in diameter was visible as a shallow earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947, on Burridge Common, Chardstock parish.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any extractive feature depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The pit is therefore interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit, possibly a small sandstone quarry of post-medieval to 19th century date that had passed out of use by the late-19th century.
The pit was obscured from view by dense vegetation on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014.
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 FP 4116-4117 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #78964 ] |
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| SDV358790 | Website: British Geological Survey. BGS 50000 scale digital geology. http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/BGS_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/wms?. Website. |
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| SDV359309 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3106 13-JUN-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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| SDV360577 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (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 1:42PM |
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