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| HER Number: | MDV102782 |
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| Name: | Possible windmill north of Tapeley Park. |
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Summary
A possible windmill mound is visible as a pale oval cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1946 only. Any building or mound would probably predate the mid nineteenth century, but as it is not visible on any other available aerial photographs caution should be used in interpretation.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 475 296 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Westleigh |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WESTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmark of possible windmill mound of medieval or post medieval date about 300 metres north-east of South Yeo Farm
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WINDMILL MOUND? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1841 AD (Between))
Full description
George Braund & Henry Hearn, 1841, Map of the Parish of Westleigh in the County of Devon (Cartographic). SDV350118.
No structures or earthworks are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1420 4237-4238 15-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349553.
A pale oval cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A possible windmill mound is visible as a pale oval cropmark, 7 by 9 metres, on aerial photographs taken in 1946 only. It is relatively close to a recorded eighteenth century windmill attached to a tidemill, but its location away from the lower land suggests that it is not likely to be the same feature. Linear marks from deep ploughing indicate that this field has been drained and improved, and a darker cropmark around the oval feature could be either an external ditch or simply caused by the deep plough travelling round rather than over a mound. No features are marked in this location on the 1841 Tithe map, suggesting that any building or mound would predate the mid nineteenth century, but as it is not visible on any other available aerial photographs caution should be used in interpretation.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349553 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1420 4237-4238 15-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #62278 ] |
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| SDV350118 | Cartographic: George Braund & Henry Hearn. 1841. Map of the Parish of Westleigh in the County of Devon. Tithe Map. Map (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV18207 | Related to: Windmill at Instow (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2014 11:03AM |
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