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| HER Number: | MDV64604 |
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| Name: | Clay Workings at Muddlebridge, Fremington |
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Summary
Series of ponds, earthworks and probable spoil heaps recorded on late 19th and early 20th century maps. Possible former clay workings.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 520 325 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Fremington |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | FREMINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS53SW/138
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CLAY WORKINGS (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Charbonnier, T., 1906, Notes on North Devon Pottery of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries., 255 (Article in Serial). SDV342234.
Sample of clay in Museum of Practical Geology from Fremington, considered as "Extensively used in North Devon for the manufacture of common pottery fired at low heat". Numerous potteries existed around this bed of clay, the earliest dating back to the 17th century. One was established at Muddlebridge at the end of the 18th century.
Ordnance Survey, 1938, 13NW. Revision of 1932 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition (Cartographic). SDV335648.
Ordnance Survey, 1964, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV339898.
Horner, W., 2002, Muddlebridge Clay Workings (Personal Comment). SDV342233.
Series of ponds, earthworks and probable spoil heaps recorded on os 1st edition 25 inch map and 6 inch (1964) map. Possible former clayworkings given proximity to Fremington Pottery and Combrew claypits.
Wessex Archaeology, 2007, RMB Chivenor Flood Defence Scheme Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV342125.
Other details: WA 96.
Wessex Archaeology, 2011, Land to the West of Tews Lane, Bickington, Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment, 7 (Report - Assessment). SDV352137.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV335648 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1938. 13NW. Revision of 1932 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV339898 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1964. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV342125 | Report - Assessment: Wessex Archaeology. 2007. RMB Chivenor Flood Defence Scheme Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment. Wessex Archaeology Report. 67300.01. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV342233 | Personal Comment: Horner, W.. 2002. Muddlebridge Clay Workings. |
| SDV342234 | Article in Serial: Charbonnier, T.. 1906. Notes on North Devon Pottery of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 38. A5 Hardback. 255. |
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| SDV352137 | Report - Assessment: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. Land to the West of Tews Lane, Bickington, Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Wessex Archaeology Report. 76470.01. A4 Stapled + Digital. 7. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4490 - RMB Chivenor Flood Defence Scheme Barnstaple, Devon: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 16 2014 3:34PM |
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