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Summary

A marl pit and trackway are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NE/87

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARL PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97014.

'marl pit' shown on os 6" (1906) map.

1963, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97015.

Marl pit shown but not marked on os 6" (1963) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97016.

Des=os 6"(1906)map sheet 71sw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97017.

Des=os 6"(1963)map.

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

The depression corresponds with a pit (Plot a452).

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

The depression corresponds with an 'Old Marl Pit'.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 666 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

'Old Marlpit' shown on Ordnance Survey 1891 map. Also depicted on Ordnance Survey maps of 1906 and 1963 (SMR). Still shown on modern map. Area shown as Upper (Keuper) Marl on geology map.
SMR.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1796 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

An earthwork depression and curvilinear banks and ditch are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

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

An approximately heart shaped earthwork depression circa 65m by 55m is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. Curvilinear banks and a ditch are visible leading from the depression to the road to the north-west. The depression corresponds with a pit recorded on the Tithe Map. It is depicted on the First and Second Edition OS maps as an 'Old Marl Pit'. The banks and ditch partially correspond with a field boundary depicted on historic maps. The earthworks are interpreted as a marl pit of post-medieval to 19th century origin, that ceased extraction by the end of the 19th century, with an access track to the north-west.

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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