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| HER Number: | MDV126319 |
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| Name: | Extractive pit east of Sandy Road, Sparkwell |
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Summary
A possible extractive pit potentially of post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 on the north-west facing slopes near the summit of a hill east of Sandy Road, Sparkwell.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 561 556 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX55NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sparkwell |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMPTON ST.MARY |
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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
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2178 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
A pit is visible as an earthwork under scrub vegetation.
Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109, RAF/58/7109 F44 122-123 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351186.
A pit is visible as an earthwork.
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.
A hollow is most clearly visible as a very subtle earthwork on a simple local relief visualisation.
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 roughly D-shaped pit or circa 41m by 29m in size is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 on the north-west facing slopes near the summit of a hill east of Sandy Road, Sparkwell.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any pit depicted on the 19th or early 20th century maps available to the survey.
It is interpreted as a possible extractive pit potentially of post-medieval to 19th century date that had ceased to be used prior to the late-19th century.
The pit and has been near levelled and is visible only as a very slight earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2178 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #119469 ] |
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| SDV351186 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1965. RAF/58/7109. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/7109 F44 122-123 22-NOV-1965. |
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| SDV361470 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX5755 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2019 5:42PM |
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