MMO2806 - Post-medieval quarry on southern edge of Bye Common (Monument)

A large quarry pit of probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork. The pit is roughly ovoid in shape and probably abutted a now removed field boundary. No entrance to the pit can be seen.

A large quarry pit of probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork on the southern edge of Bye Common, Winsford parish, centred on circa SS 8802 3567. The pit is roughly ovoid in shape, almost 50 metres long east to west, and 15 metres wide. No entrance track can be seen. It is not marked as an earthwork on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. However it does correspond to an area depicted as rough, unimproved ground, abutting a now removed field boundary. This probably represents the area of the pit and may support the interpretation that it had passed out of use by 1890. [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]