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Summary

Two chalk pits are visible as earthwork depressions on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29NW/22

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100363.

Possible pit. Tithe map field number: 1964. Field name: pit. Tithe map field number: 1897. Field name: pit orchard.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100364.

Des=ta 1964, 1897 pit, pit orchard.

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

One of the depressions corresponds with a plot recorded as 'Pit' (Plot 1964).

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

One of the depressions corresponds with an old chalk pit.

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

One of the depressions corresponds with an old chalk pit.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 779 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Field called Pit on Tithe Map/Tithe Apportionment.
Colyton Tithe Map/Tithe Apportionment 1843/1841.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1995 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 and 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Two earthwork depressions are visible.

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

Two earthwork depressions are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The easternmost depression is semi-circular in shape and circa 80m by 50m, and the westernmost depression is rectangular in shape and circa 50m by 35m. One of the depressions corresponds approximately with a plot recorded as 'pit' in the Tithe Survey and depicted as an 'Old Chalk Pit' on the First and Second Edition OS maps. The depressions are interpreted as chalk pits of post-medieval to 19th century origin, that ceased extractive by the end of the 19th century.

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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