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Summary

Extractive pits or small quarries of probable 19th century date are depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25 inch First and Second Edition maps as earthworks cut into a mound to the east of Goodamoor House, Sparkwell. The pits and mound remain visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/200

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) QUARRY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XVIII to XX - 1800 AD to 1904 AD (Between))

Full description

1968, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV139823.

`old quarries' indicted on os 6"(1907) shown but not indicated on os 6"(1968) (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV139824.

Des=os 6"(1907) sheet 118se.

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

Two quarries are depicted and annotated.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Two old quarries are depicted and annotated.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5858 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A roughly triangular mound circa 80m by 60m in size is visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The earthwork closely corresponds with a triangular plot depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s First Edition 25inch map as a plantation.
Two or three pits are visible cut into the western edge of the mound and a fourth is visible on the eastern corner of the mound.
Two of the pits correspond closely with quarries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s First Edition 25inch map, labelled as ‘old quarries’ on the Second Edition map of the early 20th century.
The pits are interpreted as extractive pits or small quarries of probable 19th century date, one of which had probably passed out of use prior to the late 19th century and two or three that became disused by the early 20th century.
The mound into which they were cut is probably natural in origin, but further investigation is recommended.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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