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Summary

Site of a large 19th century limestone quarry with assocaited limekiln. Spoil heaps are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1948.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST21SE/7

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SPOIL HEAP (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD to 1890 AD (Between))
• QUARRY (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880s, Ordnance Survey (Cartographic). SDV848.

Site of a large 'Quarry' shown on OS 25" (1880s & 1905) maps with a 'Limekiln' (see PRN 56075) near the centre. The quarry extends up to 240m long x up to 90m wide along the south side of the stream. The western side of the quarry is labelled 'Old Quarry'. Other details: Also on OS 25" (1905) map.

Ordnance Survey, 1889, 25", 48/7 (Cartographic). SDV24520.

Area of quarry recorded on OS 25" (1889) map.

Ordnance Survey, 1906, 48NE (Cartographic). SDV100417.

'Old Quarry' shown on OS 6" (1906) map.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4183-4184 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

An earthwork mound is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, 6" (Cartographic). SDV100418.

Quarry shown but not marked on OS 6" (1969) map.

Horner, W., 1996, Copy of Yarcombe Inclosure Award (1817) (Record Office Collection). SDV101956.

This area is not recorded as a quarry on the 1817 Yarcombe Inclosure Award. Area to the east is.

Horner, S., 2005, Lime burning at Woodhayne (Correspondence). SDV322765.

The lime burning from the local limestone quarries seems to have occurred in this quarry.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2511-2512 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.

The quarry pit and associated earthworks are obscured by dense tree cover.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

Irregularly shaped mounds are visible as earthworks within the area of the limestone quarry. The morphology of the mounds indicates that the earthwork was built up on phases, and might support the interpretation that they are the remains of finger-dumps of spoil from the quarry excavations. The earthworks are obscured from view by dense tree cover on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV100417	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1906. 48NE. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).
SDV100418	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1969. 6". 6". Map (Paper).
SDV101956	Record Office Collection: Horner, W.. 1996. Copy of Yarcombe Inclosure Award (1817).
SDV24520	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1889. 25". 25". 48/7.
SDV322765	Correspondence: Horner, S.. 2005. Lime burning at Woodhayne. A4 single Sheet + Digital.
SDV359317	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2511-2512 23-MAY-2010.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4183-4184 11-MAR-1948.
SDV848	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. Ordnance Survey. 25".

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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