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Summary

A probable former extractive pit of unknown, but probably post-medieval to 19th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as an earthwork and cropmark on the south-east-facing slopes west of Tanahlot Farm, Luppitt parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/134

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) MOUND (Unknown date)
• CLAY PIT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV124969.

Possible mound visible on ap (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV124970.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2304-2305 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A small shallow v-shaped 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.

A probable former extractive pit was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as a v-shaped shaped earthwork and cropmark approximately 30 metres across, on the south-east-facing slopes west of Tanahlot Farm, Luppitt parish.
The visible earthwork did not correspond precisely with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Upottery. This might support the interpretation that the pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century. A former clay pit is depicted and annotated on the OS First Edition map (and therefore not transcribed by the survey) approximately 70 metres to the south-east and a similar function is therefore likely for the pit recorded here.
It is possible that if not viewed stereoscopically, the small area of ground enclosed by the arms of the v-shaped pit could be mistaken for a mound, leading to the former interpretation in this location.
The pit was not visible as an earthwork or cropmark on more recent images available to the survey and might have been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV124969	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV124970	Aerial Photograph:
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2304-2305 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #93602 ]
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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