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Summary

An irregularly shaped pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs from 1947 and as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2007. Similar to others in the vicinity, it may have been the source of materials for construction of the nearby medieval field boundaries, and probably went out of use before the late nineteenth century. Earthworks may survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/132

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

No quarry is depicted in this location.

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

An irregular pit is visible as an earthwork.

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

An irregular pit is visible as an earthwork.

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

An irregularly shaped pit is visible as earthworks of 60 by 15 metres in size on aerial photographs from 1946 and as a dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2007. It is similar in form to nearby extraction pits, including one marked as an ‘Old Quarry’ on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey map (MDV66913). It 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. As it is not depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping it probably fell out of use before the late nineteenth century. However, below-ground remains are likely to survive, and the dark cropmark may have formed in an earthwork hollow.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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: #62667 ]
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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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