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Summary

Four small earthwork pits and some suble earthwork mounds are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 and interpreted as possible prospecting pits with spoil heaps of 19th century origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PROSPECTING PIT (XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The plot is recorded as pasture.

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

The plot is depicted as plantation.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2096 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Four small pits are visible as earthworks.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

Four small circular earthwork pits, each circa 4m across are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. Two possible earthwork mounds are also visible as earthworks adjacent. They do not correspond with any features depicted on historic maps and are situated within a plot recorded as pasture on the Tithe Map and depicted as plantation by the end of the 19th century. The pits are interpreted as possible prospecting pits with spoil heaps of 19th century origin.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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