Site Event/Activity record EEM14740 - 2008: WS - Exe Head-Blackpitts, Mires Project

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cornwall County Council, Historic Environment Service (Projects)

Date

2007-2008

Description

A walkover survey undertaken sometime in the winter of 2007 to 2008 to identify and plot new and known archaeological features prior to Mires restoration and adjacent bailing works on Exe Head-Blackpitts.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: Kirkham, G. and Taylor, S.. 2008. Exmoor Mire Restoration Project: Archaeological Survey on Moorland Areas at Alderman's Barrow Allotment, Blackpitts-Exe Head, North Twitchen, Roosthitchen and Verney's Allotment. Cornwall County Council Historic Environment Service (Projects). p.12.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1481053, Extant 17 March 2022.

Map

Location

Location Exe Head-Blackpitts, Exmoor
Grid reference Centred SS 7594 4181 (861m by 526m)
Map sheet SS74SE
Civil Parish EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (9)

  • Possible post-medieval or 20th Century ditches west of Blackpitts (Monument)
  • Post Medieval Peat Cutting on Exe Plain (Monument)
  • Post-medieval peat cutting at Blackpitts (Monument)
  • Post-medieval peat cutting baulk on Blackpitts (Monument)
  • Post-medieval peat cutting on Exe Plain (Monument)
  • Post-medieval peat cutting on Exe Plain (Monument)
  • Post-medieval peat cutting west of Blackpitts Farm (Monument)
  • Post-medieval quarry on Exe Plain (Monument)
  • World War Two searchlight battery at Blackpitts (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2022 2:55PM