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| HER Number: | MDV132012 |
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| Name: | Extractive pits throughout Barnsleigh Covert, Offwell |
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Summary
Numerous small circular earthwork pits are visible beneath plantation woodland on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are interpreted as extractive pits or prospecting pits.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 181 987 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY19NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Offwell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OFFWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Roman to XIX - 43 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Adjacent plots are recorded as 'Little Stoneburrow' (Plot 335) and Great Stone Burrow' (Plot 331).
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1898 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Numerous small approximately circular earthwork pits are visible.
Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.
Numerous small approximately circular earthwork pits each between circa 2m and 7m across are visible beneath plantation woodland on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are situated in vague clusters all across the woodland. Some of the pits have small mounds adjacent. They do not correspond with any features depicted on historic maps. The bedrock is reorded as sandstone of the Upper Greensand Formation. Several field names nearby are recorded as 'Little Stone Burrow' and 'Great Stone Burrow' in the Tithe Survey. Further pits are recorded also within woodland to the north (MDV131575). The pits are interpreted as extractive pits or prospecting pits of uncertain origin, some of which may have spoil heaps adjacent. Alternatively, they could be natural or geological features; more work is required to define their character and likely date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY1898 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #134225 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV363914 | Interpretation: Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E.. 2020-2021. East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 26 2021 12:45PM |
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