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| HER Number: | MDV126886 |
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| Name: | Extractive pit south-west of Knighton, Wembury |
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Summary
An earthwork pit, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and indistinctly on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, is interpreted as a post-medieval or 19th century extractive pit.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 528 495 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX54NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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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 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3104-3105 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5249 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.
An earthwork pit is visible.
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.
An earthwork pit, up to circa 20 metres in maximum extent, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 an on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. No features are depicted in this location on the available historic mapping, and it is interpreted as an extractive pit, possibly of post-medieval origin, that went out of use by the late-19th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3104-3105 10-DEC-1946. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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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 SX5249 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. [Mapped feature: #122799 ] |
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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: | Nov 12 2019 4:45PM |
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