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Summary

A former extractive pit and probably associated track of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date were visible as earthworks on and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NE/149

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) QUARRY (Unknown date)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV126747.

Des=reed,s. J. /blackdown hills ironworking survey - notes on fieldwalking yarcombe estate forest areas/(mar 1995)/ in yarcombe pf.

ANDREWS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV69350.

Wooded quarry site for marl or chert extraction with low magnetic susceptibility (reed).

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

The earthworks are located within the area of a wood named Wood Close Copse.

Reed, S. J., 1995, Notes on Fieldwalking Yarcombe Estate Forest Areas, 13. Wood Close Copse. (Un-published). SDV358374.

Quarry site, now wooded and quite marshy, probably for marl or chert extraction. Low magnetic susceptibility readings.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 15-AUG-2016 ACCESSED 10-MAY-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

The earthworks are obscured by dense tree cover.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2508 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 & 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A pit and linear hollow were visibel 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.

An irregularly shaped pit circa 40 and 20 metres across was visible as an earthwork within Wood Close Copse, Yarcombe Parish. A curvilinear hollow, probably a trackway approaches the pit from the west.
The visible earthworks fall within the area of the woodland as depicted on the OS First Edition 25 inch map. This supports the interpretation that the visible earthworks are the remains of an extractive pit that had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century and was subsequently reused for woodland. The earthworks remained obscured from view by dense woodland on aerial photographs in 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV126747	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV358374	Un-published: Reed, S. J.. 1995. Notes on Fieldwalking Yarcombe Estate Forest Areas. A4 Stapled + Digital. 13. Wood Close Copse..
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 15-AUG-2016 ACCESSED 10-MAY-2017.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2508 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 & 30-APR-2016.
SDV69350	Migrated Record: ANDREWS.

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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