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Summary

A whetstone extraction pit is visible as an irregular earthwork, on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010, and on aerial photographs taken from 1947. It is one of numerous similar pits in this area, and probably became disused within living memory of the late-19th century OS map survey, on which it is depicted as one of two ‘Old Whetstone Pits’.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST00NE/8/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV120342.

Des=os 6"(c1890)58nw.

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

Two 'Old Whetstone Pits' are depicted and marked.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4452-4453 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A large irregularly shaped pit is visible as an earthwork, within which trees are growing.

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

'old whetstone pit' marked on os 1st edition 6" (os). Vis=24/8/1992 (reed + stead) pit still extant though now wooded. Merges with adjacent whetstone pit st00ne/8/1.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0906 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A large irregularly shaped earthwork pit is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

An extraction pit at a spring head is visible as an irregular earthwork, circa 100 by 70 metres across, on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010, and on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It is one of numerous former whetstone pits in this area, and probably fell out of use more recently than others in the vicinity, as its function was still known enabling it to be marked as one of two ‘Old Whetstone Pits’ on the late-19th century mapping. However part was depicted as wooded, and woodland was well established by the 1940s, indicating that it had nonetheless been disused for some time.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV120342	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).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4452-4453 11-APR-1947.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0906 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #92874 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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