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Summary

An irregularly shaped pit is visible as an earthwork to the south-east of New Barn Farm, Yarcombe, on aerial photographs of 1971 onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The earthworks are probably the remains of a former extractive pit of post-medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1890 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Plot 21 is depicted as an orchard and named as Pit Orchard.

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

The pit is not depicted, the plot is depicted as an orchard.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3826, RAF/39/3826 V 0063-0064 04-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359623.

Extensive pits are visible as irregularly shaped earthworks.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2510 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016, 30-APR-2016 & 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Extensive pits are visible as earthworks.

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 on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 as earthworks up to approximately 40 by 100 metres in size, to the south-east of New Barn Farm, Yarcombe. The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pits shown on the 19th century maps available to the survey but do fall within a plot depicted as an orchard, listed as Pit Orchard on the Tithe Apportionment for Yarcombe.
The pit earthworks are interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit potentially of post-medieval to early 19th century date that had passed out of use and subsequently been reused as an orchard prior to the later-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #79088 ]
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
SDV359623	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3826. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3826 V 0063-0064 04-NOV-1971.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2510 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016, 30-APR-2016 & 27-JUN-2016.
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. 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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