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Summary

Dunscombe Humps an area of historic quarrying with chalk and flint spoil heaps. The quarry earthworks are clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured from 2006-2007.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Trust SMR: 100356
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NE/41

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV124530.

Des=national trust guide leaflet to branscombe(1983)/in branscombe parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV124531.

Des=moore, k. J. /archaeological coastal survey of the east devon coast/(1999)/in smr.

MOORE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV29092.

Must have been major industrial area and many earthworks survive (moore).

National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5615.

Area known as dunscombe humps, full of pits and spoilheaps of former chalk extraction, with flint heaps (national trust).

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 513 is recorded as 'Quarry Five Acres' within the Salcombe Regis Tithe Apportionment.

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

An extensive area of quarrying is illustrated.

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

An extensive area of quarrying is illustrated.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 46 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Major industrial area known as Dunscombe Humps containing pits and spoilheaps of former chalk extraction, also flint heaps.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project, LIDAR SY1588 Environment Agency D0075779 Nov 2006 - Mar 2007 (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The quarry earthworks are clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured from 2006-2007. The lidar imagery corresponds closely with the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map on which the earthworks are depicted and they have therefore not been transcribed as part of the NMP survey.

Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

The field name 'Quarry Five Acres' within plot 513 on the Salcombe Regis Tithe Map of 1839 indicates the location of a quarry. An extensive area of quarrying is illustrated to the south of this field on both the First and Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV124530	Migrated Record:
SDV124531	Migrated Record:
SDV29092	Migrated Record: MOORE.
SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. LIDAR SY1588 Environment Agency D0075779 Nov 2006 - Mar 2007.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 46.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV5615	Migrated Record: National Trust.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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