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Summary

A circular earthwork pit is visible on aerial photographs and other remote sensing images from the 1940s onwards, to the east of Monks Wall, Otterton. Previously recorded as a bomb crater of Second World War date, it is more likely to be the remains of a former quarry or extraction pit of post medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08SE/108

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) BOMB CRATER (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV131934.

Aph=106g/uk/1412/13/4/1946/smr 45/24.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV131935.

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

MOORE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV29092.

Circular feature on 1946 aph. Local resident recollected it as a bomb crater created during ww ii as the germans dumped unused bombs on their return journeys (moore).

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/508, NMR RAF/106G/UK/508 4111-4112 13-JUN-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355833.

A circular earthwork pit is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00077, OS/00077 147-148 10-APR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355701.

A circular earthwork pit is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2262 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Circular feature on 1946 Aerial Photograph.
SMR.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SY0984 Environment Agency D0082736 Mar - Apr 2007 (Cartographic). SDV355859.

A circular earthwork pit is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A circular earthwork pit is visible on aerial photographs and other remote sensing images from 1945 onwards, to the east of Monks Wall, Otterton. The earthwork is roughly circular and approximately 35 metres in diameter. It was previously recorded as a bomb crater of Second World War date but it seems unlikely that such a pit would have been filled and returned to cultivation by mid-1945. It seems more probable the pit is the remains of a former quarry or extraction pit of post medieval to 19th century date. It does not correspond with any features depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map and probably therefore passed out of use prior to the 1880s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV131934	Aerial Photograph:
SDV131935	Migrated Record:
SDV29092	Migrated Record: MOORE.
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.
	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. Site No. 2262.
SDV355701	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00077. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00077 147-148 10-APR-2000.
SDV355833	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/508. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/508 4111-4112 13-JUN-1945.
SDV355859	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0984 Environment Agency D0082736 Mar - Apr 2007. [Mapped feature: #97261 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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