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Summary

A former extractive pit, probably a marl pit of post-medieval to mid-19th century date, was depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. More extensive earthworks were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST00SE/43

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
• MARL PIT? (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

1880, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV117571.

'old marl pit' shown on os 25" (1880) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV117572.

Des=os 25" (1880) map.

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

An Old Marl Pit was depicted and annotated.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0701 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Shallow pits were visible as earthworks.

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

Roughly semi-circular pits forming a hollow circa 30 metres in diameter were visible as shallow earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, at the junction of two field boundaries at circa ST07310197.
The visible earthworks partly correspond with pit depicted on the OS First Edition 25 inch map, to the south-east of the boundary junction, annotated as Old Marl Pit.
The visible earthworks are interpreted as the remains of former extractive pits that had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century. It is unclear from the earthwork evidence alone wither the remains are of a single pit that was subsequently divided by post-medieval enclosure boundaries or pits that were dug following enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV117571	Migrated Record: 1880.
SDV117572	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0701 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #98234 ]
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.
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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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