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Summary

A pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971, north-east of Harestone Cross, Chardstock parish, is probably they remains of a chalk pit and possibly an associated lime kiln of post-medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30NW/28

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LIME KILN (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV120708.

Des=carter,r. W.(chard history group)/appendix b - chardstock parish checklist/(april 1999)/in chardstock pf.

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

Limekiln with wings facing east shown on henley map but now gone. 'withypitts' chalk pits also shown at thiis location + located during fieldwork (carter).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map (Cartographic). SDV360577.

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted pit or structure.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit was visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3105 13-JUN-2014 (Cartographic). SDV360175.

The pit was not identifiable as an earthwork.

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 up to circa 45 by 35 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971, circa 580 metres north-east of Harestone Cross, Chardstock parish.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The pit is therefore interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit, probably a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date that had passed out of use by the late-19th century.
The earthworks were not identifiable as earthworks on digital images visualised from photogrammetrically derived elevation data captured in 2014 and have probably partly been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV120708	Migrated Record:
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
SDV359524	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3829. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3829 V 254-255 11-NOV-1971. [Mapped feature: #97275 ]
SDV360175	Cartographic: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3105 13-JUN-2014.
SDV360577	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV47986	Migrated Record: CARTER.

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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