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Summary

An irregular pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs dating to 1953. It may have been the source of material for a former field boundary, and therefore possibly of post-medieval or medieval date. Examination of Lidar-derived images suggests that earthwork remains are likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors., 1840, Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon (Cartographic). SDV349395.

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Cambridge University Collection, 1953, SS 3124/, NMR SS3124/1 CAP 8129/87 04-JUL-1953 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349097.

An irregular pit is visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS3124 Environment Agency D0076594 24-MAR-2007 (Cartographic). SDV349139.

An irregular earthwork pit is just visible.

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

An irregular pit, 20 metres by 8 metres, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs dating to 1953. It is almost straight sided on the south, where there is a patch of rougher vegetation, perhaps indicating disturbed ground. The pit is hard to distinguish on images using Lidar data captured in 2007, but the around of rougher ground is clearly visible. The pit may have been created during the extraction of materials for building, and the straight south side could suggest that it was once defined by a boundary. Perhaps the pit was itself a source of building material for a medieval or post-medieval bank or wall. However no field boundary is visible here on the 1840 Tithe map, and the pit may therefore pre-date the mid nineteenth century.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV349097	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection. 1953. SS 3124/. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). NMR SS3124/1 CAP 8129/87 04-JUL-1953. [Mapped feature: #61843 ]
SDV349139	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS3124 Environment Agency D0076594 24-MAR-2007.
SDV349395	Cartographic: T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors.. 1840. Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon. Tithe Map. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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