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Summary

Four extractive pits of probable post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as earthworks under light tree cover on aerial photographs of 1946, and remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 on the south-west spur of Bottle Hill.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XV to Post Medieval - 1401 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Two pits are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3250-3251 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Pits are visible under scrub vegetation.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5658 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Pits are visible as earthworks.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5658 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The pits are obscured by dense tree cover.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Two pits are schematically depicted.

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.

Four irregularly shaped pits 15-20m across are visible as earthworks under light tree cover on aerial photographs of 1946 on the south-west spur of Bottle Hill. The two westernmost earthworks correspond closely with rectilinear pits depicted in an area of rough ground on the Ordnance Survey 25in First Edition map, and therefore predate the late 19th-century. The two easternmost pits are not depicted and might have ceased to be used and reverted to rough ground by the late 19th-century.
The visible earthworks are probably the remains of extractive pits and may represent an early phase of extraction on Bottle Hill, predating the shafts recorded elsewhere in this area (such as the adjacent shaft MDV47981), and are perhaps of later medieval or post-medieval date.
The pit remains visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 and are schematically depicted on the current Ordnance Survey MasterMap. The earthworks are obscured by dense tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

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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