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Summary

A pit visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1970s and 1990s, east of Hook, Chardstock parish, is probably they remains of a chalk pit of post-medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30NW/35

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV120637.

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

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

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

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

The pit does not match any depicted feature.

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

A possible circular shallow pit was visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 074-075 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

A possible circular shallow pit was visible as an earthwork.

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 visible 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.

A pit up to circa 35 metres in diameter was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971, on the west-facing slopes east of Hook, 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 pit appears to be bisected by a field boundary, potentially of medieval origin, and is possibly evidence of two semi-circular pits flanking the boundary.
The earthworks were not identifiable as earthworks on digital images visualised from photogrammetrically derived elevation data captured in 2014 and have possibly been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV120637	Migrated Record:
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 074-075 08-MAY-1996.
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: #97277 ]
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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