Summary
Irregular pit and disturbed ground approximately 7m N-S x 10m E-W on the W slopes of Little Hangman above Wild Pear Beach.
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Description
Irregular pit and disturbed ground approximately 7m N-S x 10m E-W on the W slopes of Little Hangman above Wild Pear Beach. Possible spoil on S and SW side of pit. The N and W sides are very overgrown with brambles and thick gorse. The whole area is subject to natural slippage and erosion forming scarps and terraces and there is steep slope immediately E of the site.
There is an adit recorded to the S downslope that may be related to this feature. In 1796 Swete mentioned an iron mine being opened up below Little Hangman ( see Claughton, p38).
References:
County SMR No: SS54NE-010-05
Claughton, P.F. (1989) The Combe Martin Mines. In ‘Out of the World and into Combe Martin’. Combe Martin Local History Group.
References
- SNA62241 - Document: Nick Berry. 2002. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of West Challacombe Farm, Combe Martin, Devon.
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