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Summary

A former extractive pit of possible post-medieval to mid-19th century date was visible as an earthwork and cropmark 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

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted extractive pit. An Old Marl Pit depicted less than 15 metres to the south.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3296-3297 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

A pit was visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89276, OS/89276 V 324-325 14-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357047.

A cropmark of a pit was visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0702 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit was visible.

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

A large irregularly shaped pit circa 105 by 54 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
The visible earthwork did not correspond with any pit features depicted in this location on the 19th century mapping available to the survey, but might be associated with an Old Marl Pit depicted and annotated on the OS First Edition 25 inch map immediately to the south.
The visible earthworks are probably the remains of an extractive that pit had passed out of use prior to the mid-to-late 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3296-3297 04-NOV-1946.
SDV357047	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89276. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89276 V 324-325 14-JUN-1989.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0702 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77635 ]
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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Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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