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Summary

A former extractive pit of probable post-medieval to 19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 onwards, to the east of Homeclose Lane, Chardstock parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30NW/32

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

British Geological Survey, BGS 50000 scale digital geology (Website). SDV358790.

The pit falls within an area of chalk geology.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV120698.

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

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

Chalk pit shown on 1886 os map + located during fieldwork (carter).

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

A small oval pit was depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 255-256 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

A former pit or pits were visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain - Digital Elevation Data, Next Perspectives APGB Elevation Data ST3005 08-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV360176.

A former pit or pits were visible as earthworks partly obscured by trees.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A roughly semi-circular pit was visible as an extensive but subtle earthwork circa 50 by 70 metres in size on aerial photographs of 1971 onwards. This corresponded with a smaller pit is depicted in this location on the 19th century maps available to the survey. The depicted pit is interpreted as the northern extent of an extractive pit, probably a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date, that had passed out of use by the mid-19th century. The northern half of the pit has possibly been near levelled, whilst the southern half remains visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014, albeit largely obscured from view by tree cover.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV120698	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV358790	Website: British Geological Survey. BGS 50000 scale digital geology. http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/cgi-bin/BGS_Bedrock_and_Superficial_Geology/wms?. Website.
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 255-256 11-NOV-1971. [Mapped feature: #110739 ]
SDV360176	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 ST3005 08-SEP-2014.
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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