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Summary

A gravel pit is depicted within a plot to the west of Yardbury Hill Road on the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map and visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GRAVEL PIT (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1801 AD (Between) to 1966 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A small 'Gravel Pit' is depicted.

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

A larger 'Gravel Pit' is depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The pit is visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, Ordnance Survey map (Cartographic). SDV349895.

The gravel pit is no longer depicted.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 836 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

'Gravel Pit' shown and marked on Ordnance Survey 1891 map. Not shown on modern map. Area shown as Clay with Flints and Chert on geology map.
Ordnance Survey 1891 1:10560 map (Sheet 71 SW).

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2197 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

An irregular shaped shallow earthwork depression is visible.

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

An irregular shaped shallow earthwork depression circa 30m by 15m is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It corresponds with a small 'Gravel Pit' depicted on the First Edition OS map, which by the Second Edition OS map has increased in size. The pit is visible on aerial photographs dating to the 1940s. The pit is not depicted on maps dating from the mid-20th century onwards. The earthwork depression is interpreted as a gravel pit of 19th century origin, that ceased extraction by the mid-20th 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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