MEM25235 - Post-medieval prospecting pit or World War Two military training feature near Trout Hill (Monument)

As part of the Exmoor Mires Project, in 2013 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service were contracted to undertake a non-intrusive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Lanacombe, which included this site. SS 78569 42536. A shallow oval rush filled hollow approximately 2.5 metres by 1.5 metres with stony spoil downslope to the west up to 0.2 metres high. This may be a post-medieval extractive pit. [1] The visit was followed by a further survey undertaken by The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project. The feature may be an prospecting pit or, alternatively a World War Two military training feature. [2]