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Summary

An old marl pit is depicted on the First Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map and visible as an earthwork depression on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19NE/77

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96240.

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

1963, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96241.

'marl pit (disused)' shown on os 6" (1963) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96242.

Des=os 6"(1906)map sheet 70ne.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96243.

Des=os 6"(1963)map.

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

A garden plot is recorded matching the same form of the marl pit depicted on later maps.

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

An 'Old Marl Pit' is depicted.

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

The pit is visible as a distinct earthwork, matching the same form of the marl pit depicted on historic maps.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 628 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

'Old Marlpit' shown on Ordnance Survey map of 1891. Also shown on Ordnance Survey maps of 1906 and 1963 (SMR). Area shown as Upper (Keuper) Marl on geology map.
Ordnance Survey 1891 1:10560 map (Sheet 70NE).

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1698 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 and 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

An irregular shaped 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 earthwork depression circa 50m by 35m is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It corresponds approximately with the southern part of an elongated plot recorded as a garden on the Tithe Map. It also corresponds approximately with an 'Old Marl Pit' depicted on the First and Second Edition OS maps. The pit is visible as an distinct earthwork on aerial photographs dating to the 1940s, matching the shape of that depicted on the historic maps. The earthwork is interpreted as part of a marl pit of post-medieval to 19th century origin, which, given the shape of the garden plot, is likely to have ceased extraction prior to circa 1840. The northern part of the pit appears to have been subsequently infilled.

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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