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| HER Number: | MDV112516 |
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| Name: | Quarry Pit West of Holway Farm, Whimple |
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Summary
A possible quarry pit of medieval to post-medieval date, was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork on a north-west facing slope to the west of Holway Farm, Whimple.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 046 977 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Whimple |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHIMPLE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- QUARRY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
The pit is not depicted but it's location is respected by a field boundary.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3159-3160 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.
An earthwork pit is visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0496 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-DEC-2005 & 5-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357034.
An earthwork pit is visile.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A possible quarry pit of medieval to post-medieval date, was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork on a north-west facing slope to the west of Holway Farm, Whimple.
The pit is roughly triangular in shape and measures almost 50 metres across at the widest point. It does not correspond with any quarries depicted on the Tithe Map for Whimple, but a field boundary appears to respect the location of the pit, possibly supporting the interpretation that the boundaries had passed out of use prior to the 1840s. The line of the field boundaries is also visible as earthwork ditches but have not been transcribed.
The pit is clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010 and probably survives as an earthwork.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV354994 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3159-3160 04-NOV-1946. |
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| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV357034 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0496 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-DEC-2005 & 5-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #71899 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 12 2015 4:14PM |
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