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Summary

The site of two conjoined claypits shown on 19th century maps to the east of Pinn Barton Farm is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NW/173

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY PIT (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123073.

Cropmark of small circular and extensive field boundaries e of week farm. Recorded from the air by f. Griffith in 1987 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV123076.

Aph=dap/iq 6a,7/(28/5/1987).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123077.

Des=dprfp 2000.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV123078.

Aph=106g/uk/1412/13/4/1946/smr 45/6.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123079.

Des=moore, k. J. /archaeological coastal survey of the east devon coast/(1999)/in smr.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=4/7/2000 (robinson) site concealed by high corn crop. Shown as pair of adjoining ponds on 7m. Owner reports filling in a hollow here (dprfp).

MOORE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV29092.

This feature may be one of the 2 chalk pits on the 1844 tithe map (moore).

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

Site of 'Old Clay Pit' shown on 19th century map as two semi-circular features at the junction of three former field boundaries to the east of Pinn Barton Farm.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1412 3182-3183 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Two earthwork pits are visible.

DCC, 1987, DAP 5646, DAP 5646/08 28-MAY-1987 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356157.

A diffuse cropmark is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 1794 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Cropmark of small circular (?feature) and extensive field boundaries to east of Week Farm visible from air. Pair of ponds on Aerial Photograph. May represent chalk pit shown on Tithe Map (SMR). Two adjacent water filled pits (divided by field boundary) shown on Tithe Map at 1050 8697.
SMR; Otterton Tithe Map 1844.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The site of two conjoined claypits shown on 19th century maps to the east of Pinn Barton Farm is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards. The pits visible on 1946 vertical photography correspond closely to those depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map. The cropmark of the infilled pits, visible on the 1987 DAP oblique aerial photograph, might reflect the possibly larger earlier extent more in keeping with the scale of the pits depicted on the Tithe map for Otterton.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV123073	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV123076	Aerial Photograph:
SDV123077	Migrated Record:
SDV123078	Aerial Photograph:
SDV123079	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV29092	Migrated Record: MOORE.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 1794.
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1412 3182-3183 13-APR-1946.
SDV356157	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1987. DAP 5646. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5646/08 28-MAY-1987. [Mapped feature: #96640 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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