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Summary

A former probable extractive pit or quarry of possible post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an oblong earthwork pit on the steep north-west facing slopes south of Northcote Hill Farm, Honiton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SE/203

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107653.

Dro=honiton tithe map and apportionment book.

TITHE MAP AND APPORTIONMENT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6491.

A dotted area indicated on tm (911, great hooperhayne) (tm/ta).

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3440-3441 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A earthwork pit was visible. Map object based partly on this source.

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

Vis=02/09/1992 (simpson and noble). This is a quarry cutting into the slope of the hill, now grassed over. A remnant bank from a boundary is visible at the break of the hill se of the quarry.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1800 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The earthwork pit remains visible. Map object based partly on this source.

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 probable extractive pit or quarry of possible post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as an oblong earthwork pit roughly 85 by 90 metres in size, cut into the north-west facing slopes south of Northcote Hill Farm, Honiton. The earthwork pit roughly corresponds with an area defined on the Tithe Map for Honiton by a dashed line (within field 911), which might support the interpretation that the pit was open in the mid-19th century. The earthwork remains visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV107653	Migrated Record:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3440-3441 11-APR-1947.
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.
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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1800 08-SEP-2014.
SDV6491	Migrated Record: TITHE MAP AND APPORTIONMENT.

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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