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| HER Number: | MDV128538 |
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| Name: | Extractive pits north-east of Dunwell Farm, Ugborough |
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Summary
Pits, probably extractive features or small quarries of 19th century date, are visible as earthworks on the north-west facing slopes north-east of Dunwell Farm on aerial photographs of 1946. The earthworks remain identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 674 547 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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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
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2194-2195 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Pits are visible as earthworks.
Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.
Pits are identifiable 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.
Two pits, or possible a single pit circa 15 to 20m wide and up to 60m long bisected by a later field boundary, are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as oval earthworks cut into the north-west facing slope north-east of Dunwell Farm.
It is probable that the pits are the remains of an extractive pit or small quarry. The visible earthworks do not correspond with any quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map, which might support the interpretation that the pit ceased to be worked by the late 19th century.
The bisecting or separation of the pits by a field boundary might support the interpretation that the pit predates the establishment of the surrounding field pattern, which has been characterised by HLC as probably post-medieval in origin.
The pit remains identifiable as a subtle earthwork hollow on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
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 FS 2194-2195 10-DEC-1946. |
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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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| SDV363691 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2019. National Lidar Programme. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019. [Mapped feature: #126176 ] |
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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: | Jun 17 2020 5:02PM |
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