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Summary

A small D-shaped pit is visible as an earthwork to the north-west of Elscombe Cottage, Yarcombe, on aerial photographs of 1971. 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

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 0113-0114 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

A D-shaped pit was visible as a shallow earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2511 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The earthworks are largely obscured from view by 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 D-shaped pit is visible as an earthwork to the north-west of Elscombe Cottage, Yarcombe, on aerial photographs of 1971, as an earthwork up to approximately 15 metres across.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pits shown on the 19th century maps available to the survey.
The pit earthwork is interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit potentially of post-medieval to early 19th century date that had passed out of use by the later-19th century.
The earthworks are largely obscured from view by vegetation 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 ST2511 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359524	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3829. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3829 V 0113-0114 11-NOV-1971. [Mapped feature: #79091 ]

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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