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Summary

Irregularly shaped pits and large mounds of earth, probably mostly quarry pits and spoil associated with the excavation of the Honiton Tunnel, built in the mid-19th century, were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards to the north of the western entrance to the tunnel.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SE/268

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY? (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1860 AD (Between))
• QUARRY? (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? to 1860 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD? to 1860 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV126415.

These are visible on post war air photographs (aph).

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3441-3442 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Earthwork pits and probably associated spoilheaps were visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1131-1132 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

Earthwork pits and probably associated spoilheaps were visible.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=27/3/1991 (simpson) former quarry pits and a large mound of spoil from the excavation of the railway tunnel are visible in this field.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1801 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Pits and probably associated spoilheaps remained visible as earthworks.

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 pits and large mounds of earth were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards to the north of the western entrance to the Honiton Tunnel. It is probable that most of the visible earthwork pits and spoil heaps were associated with the excavation of the Honiton Tunnel, built in the mid-19th century. However, a separate HER monument record (MDV49887) refers to a field name of ‘cellar plot’ recorded in the Tithe Apportionment for Honiton in this location, and some of the earthworks might therefore be evidence of earlier extraction.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV126415	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3441-3442 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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SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1131-1132 28-AUG-1982.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1801 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #93614 ]

Associated Monuments

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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