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Summary

Marl pit marked on 19th century mapping and visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARL PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A marl pit is marked as 'Old Marl Pit' on the First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

A marl pit is marked as 'Old Marl Pit' on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1699 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A roughly semi-circular earthwork pit is visible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

A roughly semi-circular earthwork pit is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It corresponds to the location of an ‘Old Marl Pit’ depicted on the east side of a field boundary on the late-19th century Ordnance Survey maps.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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