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Summary

A former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date, probably a marl pit, was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NE/89/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARL PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

SEE HEADSHEET, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99289.

Earthwork labelled 'old marlpit' on os 6" (c1890) adjacent to a pit in yarcombe.(see headsheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99290.

Des=os 6"(c1890)59ne.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV99291.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

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

The visible earthwork corresponds with one of two pits depicted and labelled as Old Marl Pits

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 RS 4124-4125 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork pit was visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 10-MAY-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

The pit was obscured by dense tree cover.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2505 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

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.

An irregularly shaped pit circa 50 by 30 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.
The visible earthworks correspond with one of two adjacent pits pit shown on the OS First Edition 25 inch map and labelled as Old Marl Pit, and was therefore not transcribed by the survey. The pit therefore probably passed out of use by the mid to late-19th century.
The earthwork was obscured by trees on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

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/1975 RS 4124-4125 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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 10-MAY-2017.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2505 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #92899 ]
SDV99289	Migrated Record: SEE HEADSHEET.
SDV99290	Migrated Record:
SDV99291	Migrated Record:

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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