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Summary

A former extractive pit of possible post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Plot 837 was listed as Great West Field under Higher House Farm, as both arable as coppice.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The visible earthwork corresponds partly with a roughly rectilinear enclosure depicted pit in plot 837.

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

The large pit was not depicted, two smaller ponds shown in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4233-4234 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

The pit was obscured from view by dense tree.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0601 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A pit was visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST0601 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

The pit was obscured from view by dense tree.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

An irregularly shaped pit circa 60 metres long and 25 metres wide was visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. This pit is obscured from view by dense tree cover on all aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards.
The visible earthworks correspond with pit partly depicted on the OS First Edition 25 inch map, and a small enclosure within plot 837 on the Tithe map for Payhembury. This might equate to the part of that plot listed as coppice on the apportionments. Two ponds are depicted within the area of the pit on the historic OS map.
This supports the interpretation that the visible earthworks are the remains of an extractive pit of probable post-medieval date that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century and was subsequently partly reused as ponds.
The ponds are part of a group in this area that has been recorded as part of record MDV113536.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4233-4234 04-NOV-1946.
SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST0601 22-MAY-2010.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0601 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77523 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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