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Summary

A possible former quarry or extractive pit is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and digital elevation data derived photogrammetrically from APGB Aerial Photography imagery of 2016, on the lower slopes of the Kate Brook combe, south-west of Harcombe Barton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88SE/123

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284081.

Des=ea/(24/2/1997)/haldon ridge survey.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV284082.

Manning, p. T. + walmsley, l. P. /devon county council haldon ridge archaeological survey phase ii/(1997)10; no 308/(ea report 97.43).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=24/2/1997 (ea) mounds up to 1.5m high at base of se slope on w edge of field, area c.40 x 40m; looks like spoil. Possibly base of slope has been quarried.

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the OS 1880s First Edition map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3014-3015 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

An earthwork hollow and mound are visible.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data (DSM), Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data SX88SE 15-AUG-2016 & 23-AUG-2016 (Cartographic). SDV361521.

An earthwork hollow and mound are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A possible former quarry or extractive pit is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and digital elevation data derived photogrammetrically from APGB Aerial Photography imagery of 2016, on the lower slopes of the Kate Brook combe, south-west of Harcombe Barton. The pit is roughly C-shaped and measures circa 37m by 23m in size. Immediately downslope of the pit is a low, irregularly shaped earthwork mound circa 50 by 35m in size, presumably spoil associated with the quarry. The pit is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map and probably therefore passed out of use prior to the 1880s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV284081	Migrated Record:
SDV284082	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3014-3015 04-NOV-1946.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361521	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data (DSM). Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data SX88SE 15-AUG-2016 & 23-AUG-2016.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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