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Summary

Clay pits marked on historic mapping. One is visible as a large earthwork depression with possible access track on images deprived from lidar data captured in 2016, the other is visible as a subtle earthwork mound, possibly a spoil heap.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLAY PIT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

One of the pits corresponds with an oval shaped enclosure within a plot recorded as 'Third Moor and Pit' (Plot 1451).

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

Two claypits are marked as 'Old Clay Pits' on the First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map.

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

Two clay pits are marked as 'Old Clay Pits' on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Earthworks are visible on the Royal Air Force photography.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 619 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

'Old Clay Pits' shown and marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1891. Shown as disused pit on modern map. Field name Third Moor and Pit (Tithe Apportionment No. 1451, centred at SY 1624 9783) may refer to same workings, as may field name Sog Pit immediately to southwest (Tithe Apportionment No. 1530, SY 1621 9770).
Ordnance Survey 1891 1:10560 map (Sheet 70SE); Honiton Tithe Map/Tithe Apportionment 1843/1842.

Ordnance Survey, 2006, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV324628.

A clay pit is marked as 'Pits (disused)' on the MasterMap Ordnance Survey map.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1697 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 and 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A large earthwork depression and subtle earthwork mound are visible.

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

A large approximately oval shaped earthwork circa 50m by 30m is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The depression corresponds with an enclosure depicted within a plot recorded as 'Third Moor and Pit' in the Tithe Map. It also corresponds with one of two vegetation filled 'Old Clay Pits' depicted on the First and Second Edition OS maps and depicted as an earthwork on subsequent maps. A wide ditch extends from its northern part and may have been an access track. The depression is interpreted as a post-medieval to 19th century clay pit, that ceased extraction by the end of the 19th century.
A subtle earthwork mound is visible on the northern side of the second depicted clay pit and is interpreted as a spoil heap.

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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