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Summary

Several probable post medieval quarry pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1988. One is depicted on the late nineteenth century map.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• MORPH: DE.121.1.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

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

One of the pits visible as earthworks on 1980s aerial photographs is depicted as a quarry.

J.A. Story, 1988, JAS/87/88, NMR JAS/87/88 083-084 02-OCT-1988 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350755.

Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

Three medium size oblong features, in a linear pattern, are visible as earthwork pits and transcribed from aerial photographs taken in 1988. They are classed as possible quarries of post-medieval date.

Knight, S., 2012, Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV350734.

One of the three pits recorded from aerial photographs taken in 1988 is depicted as a quarry on late nineteenth century mapping, and is recorded as MDV75335.

University of Southampton, 2018, North Devon Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment, 607 (Interpretation). SDV361978.

Several probable post medieval quarry pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1988. One is depicted on the late nineteenth century map.

Quarry not marked on any historic maps. No pit visible on Lidar, presumably infilled.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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