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Summary

A roughly circular pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 is probably the remains of a quarry or extractive pit of post-medieval to early 19th century date. The pit has been largely levelled.

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

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3082-3083 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

A pit or hollow is visible as an earthwork.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6749 18-JUN-1999 – 31-MAR-2003 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A dark cropmark of a pit is visible.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6749 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

A shallow pit or hollow is visible as a very subtle 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 16m in diameter is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as an earthwork on the east facing slope north-west of Ley Farm.
The pit is interpreted as the remains of a small quarry or extractive pit of post-medieval to early 19th century date.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any feature depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey and therefore probably passed out of use prior to circa 1840.
The pit has probable been largely levelled but is visible as a very slight earthwork hollow on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013

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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