MMO2576 - Post-medieval gravel pits north of Timberscombe Common (Monument)

Three small circular depressions are visible on aerial photographs. Two are depicted as "old gravel pit" on the 1889 Ordnance Survey map, suggesting they were abandoned prior to publication. They are probably post-medieval in date.

Three circular depressions are visible on aerial photographs at the northern end of Timberscombe Common, Timberscombe. Two of them, one at SS 9647 4215 and measuring 9 metres across and one at SS 96424214 measuring 18 metres across, are depicted on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map and annotated "old gravel pit." A smaller pit, at SS 9650 4214 and measuring 8 metres across is not depicted. It therefore appears they were abandoned prior to publication in 1889 but they most likely date to the post-medieval period. [1-3] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [4,5]