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Summary

Curvilinear cropmarks of former ditched or grubbed-up field boundaries of probable medieval date are visible on aerial photographs of 1949, on a south-facing slope to the east of Herton, Tawstock. The field boundaries had probably passed out of use prior to 1844. They are not visible on any later aerial photographs available to the survey and have now been obscured or destroyed by modern housing development.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

James McNair Harkness, 1844, Parish of Tawstock, Devon (Cartographic). SDV350190.

The recorded cropmarks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the tithe map for Tawstock.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The recorded cropmarks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25in first edition map.

Royal Air Force, 1949, RAF/58/271, NMR RAF/58/271 5241-2 28-JUN-1949 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350189.

North to south orientated narrow curvilinear cropmarks are visible west of Herton.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89112, NMR OS/89112 157-158 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350188.

The area of the cropmark boundaries and an extensive area to the north and west has been developed for housing.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Curvilinear cropmarks of former ditched or grubbed-up field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs of 1949, on a south-facing slope to the west of Herton, Tawstock. In 1949 the cropmarks can be seen to be a continuation of a pattern of roughly north-south orientated extant curvilinear field boundaries, probably of medieval origin. The cropmarks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the 1844 Tithe map for Tawstock or the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map, supporting the interpretation that they had passed out of use prior to 1844. The cropmarks are not visible on any later aerial photographs available to the survey and the field in which they were noted has been developed for housing by May 1989.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV350188	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89112. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89112 157-158 04-MAY-1989.
SDV350189	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1949. RAF/58/271. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/271 5241-2 28-JUN-1949. [Mapped feature: #62456 ]
SDV350190	Cartographic: James McNair Harkness. 1844. Parish of Tawstock, Devon. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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