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Summary

Several irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2007 and one is marked as a quarry on the 1886 Ordnance Survey mapping. They may have been associated with the medieval or post-medieval field boundaries, and went out of use before the late nineteenth century. Some survive as earthworks.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork leats (infilled) of Catch (water)meadow and earthworks of Extraction pits, south of Keypitts Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/156
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

1886, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV81364.

Site of 'old quarry' shown on os 25" (1886) map (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV81365.

Des=os 25" (1886) map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4130 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.

Several irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Tile: SS5344 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

Some of the pits are visible as earthworks.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1321 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Site of 'old quarry' shown on os 25" (1886) map.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Several irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2007. Approximately 40 metres to the west a small ‘Old Quarry’ is marked on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map at SS5367144741, and the earthworks are likely to be associated with it. The pits may have been the source of materials for construction of the nearby field boundaries, many of which are characterised as medieval or post-medieval in origin. They are likely to have fallen out of use before the late nineteenth century, although some survive as earthworks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1321.
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV349996	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4130 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #98319 ]
SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile: SS5344 03-MAY-2007.
SDV81364	Migrated Record: 1886.
SDV81365	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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