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Summary

Extractive pits of probable post-medieval to 19th century date are identifiable as earthworks
on the north facing slopes under Chaddle Wood. One pit is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 with most identifiable under dense tree cover from 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 visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Tithe Map for Plymton St Mary.

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

One pit corresponds with a pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map. The remaining pits visible on lidar derived images do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4225-4226 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

A pit is visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5656 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Four pits 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.

Five irregularly shaped pits are identifiable as earthworks on the north facing slopes under Chaddle Wood. A pit at circa SX56455661 is visible as an earthwork under light tree cover at the edge of Chaddle Wood on aerial photographs of 1946.
Although depicted on the current OS MasterMap base map, this feature is not identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 and might have been levelled during the development of the field to the south-east as Langage Science Park.
Four further pits are identifiable on the lidar derived visualisations either side of a spring-fed stream descending the slopes of the north-facing combe.
The earthworks are interpreted as extractive pits or small quarries of probable post-medieval to 19th century date that had ceased to be used prior to circa 1840.

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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