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| HER Number: | MDV129436 |
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| Name: | Shaft or extractive pit under Buttspill Wood, Bere Ferrers |
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Summary
A possible extractive pit or shaft associated with the Tamar Valley Mine is identifiable as an earthwork pit surrounded by a low bank on the north-facing valley slopes under the tree cover of Buttspill Wood, on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 438 680 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bere Ferrers |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BERE FERRERS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XVIII - 1540 AD to 1800 AD (Between))
- MINE SHAFT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.
A circular pit is visible as an earthwork.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.
A roughly circular pit approximately 7m in diameter surrounded by a low bank up to 4m wide is identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the north-facing valley slopes under the tree cover of Buttspill Wood.
The pit is probably an extractive pit of post-medieval date or the remains of a shaft associated with the Tamar Valley Mine (MDV5447).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV363945 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2020-2021. Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M project). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363954 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2000-2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019. [Mapped feature: #127783 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5447 | Part of: Butspill Mine, Tamar Valley Mine, Bere Ferrers (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 3 2020 4:21PM |
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