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Summary

Broadway Clay Works, an extensive clay working quarry, is shown on the Ordnance Survey MasterMap layers and digital images derived from aerial photographs aerial photographs. The evolution of clay working in this area is depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps and visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards. The quarry greatly expanded in the 20th century effacing the remains of earlier extraction.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SE/63/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY WORKINGS (XIX to XXI - 1840 AD to 2015 AD (Between))
• QUARRY (XIX to XXI - 1840 AD to 2015 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Clay pits and former clay pits are depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.

Expanded clay pits and former clay pits are depicted. Denistone Clay Works (Disused) is annotated.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3001-3002 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Eathwork pits are visible.

Bowman, A. C., 1998, British Quarrying History (Monograph). SDV71598.

Broadway Quarry. Clay and sand. Operated by Hexter and Budge Ltd. in 1937, employing 27 people.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX8574, SX8674, SX8673 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Extensive pits and landscaping is visible.

Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D., 2001, Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview (Report - Assessment). SDV336226.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Extensive area of clayworking shown on modern aerial photographs.

Exeter Archaeology, 2007, Archaeological Assessment of Newcross and Broadway Mineral Sites, Kingsteignton, Devon (Report - Assessment). SDV342756.

Broadway Clay Works marked on modern mapping.

Weddell, P. J., 2009, Archaeological Monitoring of Denistone Quarry Extension (2009), Kingsteignton, Devon (Report - Watching Brief). SDV347918.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8773 08-JUN-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

Extensive pits and landscaping is 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 (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Numerous phases of clay working activity are depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps and visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards. Small scale clay pits depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map had expanded by the 1930s, ad shown on the Fourth Edition map. The quarry earthworks expanded further on aerial photographs of the 1940s, but the original quarry earthworks were destroyed by accelerated expansion rapidly in the post-war years.
The extensive pits, spoil mounds and landscaping of the later 20th century are clearly visible on images derived from aerial photographs of 2015 and lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The modern features were not transcribed by the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336226	Report - Assessment: Reed, S. J. + Turton, S. D.. 2001. Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site. Part 1 Overview. Exeter Archaeology Report. 01.80. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV336668	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1930 - 1939. Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV341189	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky. 2006 - 2007. Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007. Bluesky. Photograph (Digital).
SDV342756	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2007. Archaeological Assessment of Newcross and Broadway Mineral Sites, Kingsteignton, Devon. Exeter Archaeology Report. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV346129	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital).
SDV347918	Report - Watching Brief: Weddell, P. J.. 2009. Archaeological Monitoring of Denistone Quarry Extension (2009), Kingsteignton, Devon. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV348725	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3001-3002 13-APR-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 (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX8574, SX8674, SX8673 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017.
SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8773 08-JUN-2015.
SDV71598	Monograph: Bowman, A. C.. 1998. British Quarrying History. British Quarrying History. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4541 - Archaeological Assessment of Newcross and Broadway Mineral Sites
• EDV4912 - Archaeological Assessment of Bovey Basin Mineral Site
• EDV5161 - Archaeological Watching Brief on Old Exeter Road, Kingsteignton
• EDV5272 - Milestone Survey from Totnes to Chudleigh
• EDV5368 - Archaeological Monitoring of Denistone Quarry Extension
• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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