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Summary

A former extractive pit, probably a marl pit of possible medieval to 19th century date, was visible on aerial photographs of 1982 and images derived from digital elevation data captured in 2006 as a roughly oval earthwork on the south-facing slopes east of Culverhayes farm, Wolverstone village, Awliscombe parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SW/73

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARL PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

British Geological Survey, BGS 50000 scale digital geology (Website). SDV358790.

The pit is located on mudstone bedrock.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110627.

Des=os 6"(1890)58sw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV110629.

Des=greeves, t. /tel comm to dcc/(27/1/1995).

Greeves, T. A. P., Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV69961.

Marlpit shown on 25" map at ngr 12700400 (greeves).

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted map feature.

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

An Old Marl Pit is depicted and annotated as a partial pit earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1149 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

An earthwork pit was visible.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

'old marlpit' marked on os 1st edition 6" map.

Next Perspectives, 2006, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST1203-ST1204 24-JUL-2006 (Cartographic). SDV359839.

An earthwork pit was visible.

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

A former extractive pit was visible on aerial photographs of 1982 and images derived from digital elevation data captured in 2006 as a roughly oval earthwork on the south-facing slopes east of Culverhayes farm, Wolverstone village, Awliscombe parish.
The visible earthwork corresponds with a partially depicted pit labelled Old Marl Pit on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. The earthwork is not shown on the Tithe Map for Awliscombe parish.
This supports the interpretation that the pit had passed out of use prior to the 1890s and probably by the 1940s. The pit is located on mudstone bedrock which supports it’s identification as a marl pit, probably dug for agricultural use. Marl pits were dug from the medieval period onwards. Two additional pits were visible immediately to the south, and might be evidence for earlier phases of marl extraction.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV110627	Migrated Record:
SDV110629	Migrated Record:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV358790	Website: British Geological Survey. BGS 50000 scale digital geology. http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/BGS_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/wms?. Website.
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
SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1149 28-AUG-1982.
SDV359839	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2006. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph - Digital Elevation Data. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST1203-ST1204 24-JUL-2006. [Mapped feature: #92734 ]
SDV69961	Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P..

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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