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Summary

A roughly circular pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1945 north of Tapfield Cross might be a bomb crater of Second World War date or small quarry or extractive pit of 19th to early 20th century date. The earthwork has probably been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XVIII to World War II - 1800 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
• BOMB CRATER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RP 3144-3145 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

A roughly circular pit visible as an earthwork.

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 circular pit circa 11m in diameter is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1945 on the north-west facing slope north of Tapfield Cross.
The pit is interpreted as a possible bomb crater of Second World War date but might simply be the remains of a small quarry or extractive pit of 19th to early 20th century date.
The pit is not identifiable as an earthwork on more recent images available to the survey. The plot has been subject to boundary change, landscaping and planted as a plantation and the earthwork probably been levelled.

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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