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| HER Number: | MDV64986 |
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| Name: | Quarry Pits Under White Down Copse |
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Summary
Possible quarries of unknown date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as earthwork pits under White Down Copse. It has been suggested the pits might have been excavated for building material.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 005 011 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST00SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Broad Clyst |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BROADCLYST |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST00SW/76
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV117586.
Des=the national trust/killerton estate archaeological survey: part 2: ashclyst forest/(2000)46/copy in smr.
National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.
An area of disturbed ground with shallow possibly quarry pits. Material such as earth or stone for the surrounding banks could have been taken from this area or the subsoil could have used for cob (nt).
Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0001 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357033.
Probable earthwork pits are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
Possible quarries of unknown date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as earthwork pits under the tree planting of White Down Copse. Further field investigation is recommended to confirm the interpretation and eliminate the possibility that the earthworks are artefacts created by the processing of the lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV117586 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV357033 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0001 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005. [Mapped feature: #97729 ] |
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| SDV52 | Migrated Record: National Trust. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 24 2014 3:45PM |
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