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Summary

Mounds visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1948 to the south-east of Old Woodhayne Farm, Yarcombe, are probably the remains of spoil mounds associated with 19th century limestone quarrying.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LIMESTONE QUARRY (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? to 1890 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4183-4184 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

Earthwork mounds were visible.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2511-2512 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.

The earthworks were obscured by dense tree cover.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

Mounds varying from circular to elongated and irregular in shape and from circa 15 to 65 metres across, were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1948 to the south-east of Old Woodhayne Farm, Yarcombe. The mounds are partly obscured by tree cover but the morphology of the mounds indicates that the earthworks were built up in phases. This and the proximity of previously recorded limestone quarries to the west and south might support the interpretation that they are the remains of finger-dumps of spoil from previously unrecorded quarry excavations. No quarry is depicted in this location on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map of circa 1880-1890, indicating that the works that had probably passed out of use by the later-19th century.
The earthworks are obscured from view by dense tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359317	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2511-2512 23-MAY-2010.
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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SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4183-4184 11-MAR-1948. [Mapped feature: #79093 ]

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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