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| HER Number: | MDV129484 |
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| Name: | Prospecting pits or shafts under Hatherleigh Wood and Great Hatch Wood, Bere Ferrers |
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Summary
Numerous prospecting pits or shafts of probable 18th or 19th century date are identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the north-east and east-facing combe slopes under the tree cover of Hatherleigh Wood and Great Hatch Wood.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 464 682 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46NE |
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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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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PROSPECTING PIT (XVIII to XIX - 1701 AD to 1900 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.
Pits or platforms are identifiable as earthworks.
Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.
Numerous pits or platforms, at least 40 but perhaps significantly more, are identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 as earthworks distributed across the north-east and east-facing combe slopes under the tree cover of Hatherleigh Wood and Great Hatch Wood.
A small mound, probably a spoil heap, is identifiable as an earthwork immediately downslope of most of the visible pits.
Linear and curvilinear banks and hollows to the eastern end of Hatherleigh Wood might be evidence of trackways related to the pits, or possibly wood banks.
The pits are interpreted as prospecting pits or potentially air shafts of probable 18th or 19th century date, possibly associated with a southern extension of Tavy Consols Mine.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV363945 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2020-2021. Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (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. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 1 2021 5:28PM |
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