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Summary

Irregularly shaped earthwork pits are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s and digital images visualised from photogrammetrically derived elevation data captured in 2014. They correspond to an area named 'Pit Close' on the Tithe Apportionment and are interpreted as post-medieval extractive pits that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/91/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

NO 975, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV135972.

Field name recorded as `pit close' (no 975) on tm.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV135973.

Des=chardstock tithe map and apportionment book/(1838).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV135974.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1993 archive.

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 2322-2323 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Irregular earthwork pits are indistinctly visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3204 13-JUN-2014 (Cartographic). SDV360176.

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.

Irregularly shaped earthwork pits are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s and digital images visualised in simple local relief from photogrammetrically derived elevation data captured in 2014. They are similar in appearance to the remains of the numerous quarries depicted in adjacent fields on the historic maps, and correspond to an area named 'Pit Close' on the Tithe Apportionment. They are interpreted as post-medieval extractive pits that went out of use by the mid-19th century, perhaps providing materials for the nearby limekilns depicted on the available historic maps.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV135972	Migrated Record: NO 975.
SDV135973	Migrated Record:
SDV135974	Migrated Record:
SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second 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 2322-2323 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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SDV360176	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3204 13-JUN-2014. [Mapped feature: #93569 ]

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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