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Summary

A possible marl pit of between medieval to 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Oxenlea Copse and The Pit.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11SW/172

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MARL PIT (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

The farm owner at lower mackham thinks that this is a marlpit. However, it may be connected with the iron industry (see st11sw/171) (horner). Vis=18/04/1995 (carter + clist) thought to be a marl pit (worksheet).

1968, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV47597.

Vis=15/9/1994 (horner) pit at abbey hill. 'the pit' marked on os 6" (1968) and 6" (1905) maps (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47599.

Des=os 6" (1905) 47se.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47600.

Des=os 6" (1968).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47601.

Des=horner, b. /(19/9/1994)/as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47602.

Des=worksheet(carter + clist)/(1995)/in pf.

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

The Hemyock tithe apportionment field number 1857 records the field as ‘Marl Pit in Yonder Course Piece’ and State of Cultivation records it as ‘Pit’.The extent of the extraction pit is defined as a dashed line and as field boundaries on this map.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Map object previuosly based on this source.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1410 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The extraction pit is visible as an earthwork pit.

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

A possible marl pit of between medieval to 19th century date is visible as an earthwork pit on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, within Oxenlea Copse and The Pit. The irregular shaped earthwork measures approximately 102m in length by 62m in width. The extent of the extraction pit is defined as a dashed line and as field boundaries on the Parish Tithe map of approximately 1838-48 and is also bisected by a field boundary depicted on this map. The extraction pit likely then pre-dates this map. The earthwork, which is largely obscured on aerial photographs by tree cover, is located in proximity to a number of similar such features recorded here as part of this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1142	Migrated Record:
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV355681	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1410 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #94545 ]
SDV47597	Report - Survey: 1968.
SDV47599	Migrated Record:
SDV47600	Migrated Record:
SDV47601	Migrated Record:
SDV47602	Migrated Record:

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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