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Summary

A shallow quarry or extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date is visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 on the south-east-facing slopes east of Sparkwell.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Tithe Map for Sparkwell, but do fall within an area of waste.

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map but do fall within an area of rough ground.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5958 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A shallow pit is visible as an earthwork.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 25-JUL-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The earthworkk remains obscured by scrub vegetation.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A shallow and irregularly shaped pit circa 40m across is visible as an earthwork on the south-east-facing slopes east of Sparkwell.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any pit depicted on the 19th or early 20th century maps available to the survey but does fall within a small area depicted as rough ground. The area remains under scrub vegetation on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018.
It is interpreted as the remains of a small quarry or extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date that had ceased to be used prior to circa 1840, regressed to waste ground and has remained uncultivated into the 21st century.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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