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Summary

A chalk extraction pit of probable 19th-century date is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It may have supplied a nearby limekiln.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SE/170
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHALK PIT (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• LIME WORKS (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107002.

Chalkpit and limekiln on os 6" (1891) map. Pit feature marked but not identified on os 6" (1906) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107004.

Des=os 6"(1891)59se.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107005.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107006.

Des=os 6"(1906)59se.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107007.

Des=worksheets(redgrave, s. )/(february 1996-april 1999)/in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

(redgrave) limekiln in the s end of great bedlam field no 553 on the tithe map apportionment cleared of vegetation + photographed in 1996.5-6 courses of stone still visible. Ngr given as st27380365 but map symbol at above (worksheet).

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4315-4316 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Several earthwork pits are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2703 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Several large irregular earthwork pits are visible.

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

Several irregular earthwork pits in several different fields, covering circa 170 metres in length, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. A chalk pit and limekiln are depicted and marked on the late-19th century mapping within the extent of the pit, although on the early-20th century map the limekiln is described as ‘old’ and the quarry is depicted but not marked. In common with other similar sites in the area it is likely that the pits supplied the limekiln with materials to make quicklime. It seems to have ceased operation at the very end of the 19th century or the very start of the 20th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV107002	Migrated Record: 1906.
SDV107004	Migrated Record:
SDV107005	Migrated Record:
SDV107006	Migrated Record:
SDV107007	Migrated Record:
SDV1142	Migrated Record:
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4315-4316 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2703 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #92911 ]
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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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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