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| HER Number: | MDV128672 |
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| Name: | Extractive pit south of Heathfield Farm, Aveton Gifford |
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Summary
A pit, probably an extractive pit or small quarry of 19th to early 20th century date, is visible as an earthwork on the south-west facing slope south of Heathfield Farm on aerial photographs of 1946 and remains identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 688 507 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Aveton Gifford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AVETON GIFFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2095-2096 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
GetMapping, 1999, 122/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/122/99 087-088 15-NOV-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351205.
Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.
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 pit is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as an oval earthwork under pasture, up to circa 20m across cut into the south-west facing south of Heathfield Farm.
The pit does not correspond with any pit or quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map and might therefore have ceased to be worked by the mid-19th century.
The pit remains identifiable as an earthwork hollow on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 and has probably been near levelled.
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 2095-2096 10-DEC-1946. |
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| SDV351205 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 122/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Devon County Council GetMapping/122/99 087-088 15-NOV-1999. |
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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. |
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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: | Jul 6 2020 11:41AM |
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