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Summary

Extractive pits and associated spoil heaps of probable post-medieval to early 19th-century date are visible as earthwork pits and mounds to the north-west of Battisford, Sparkwell on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and remain identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

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 earthworks are located in a plot (1314) on the Plympton St Mary Tithe Map named as Quarry Field.

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

The visible earthworks correspond in part with a pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s First Edition 25inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2180-2181 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Pits and banks are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5755 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Pits and banks are visible as earthworks.

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.

Irregularly shaped pits are visible as shallow earthworks up to circa 37m across on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the north-west of Battisford, Sparkwell. Two of the shallow pits are surrounded by or cut into subtle banks or mounds, whilst three smaller pits are possibly cut into the eastern east of the mound.
The mound centred at circa SX57245502 corresponds with a pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map. The earthworks fall with a plot (1314) on the Plympton St Mary Tithe Map named as Quarry Field.
The visible earthworks are interpreted as extractive pits or small quarries and associated spoil heaps of probable post-medieval to early 19th-century, that had probably ceased to be used prior to circa 1840.
The earthworks remain identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

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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