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Summary

Former field boundaries of probable medieval date are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and digital images derived from Lidar data, immediately to the north and west of Winsham Farm. The earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the tithe map for Ilfracombe and therefore had probably passed out of use prior to 1840.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 4067-4068 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.

Two former field boudnaries are visible as low earthwork banks.

Next Perspectives, 2001, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5246 22-MAY-2001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349376.

The southernmost boundary cannot be readily identified and the northern can be identified only as a faint pale cropmark.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

The boundaries fall within land categorised as Medieval enclosures based on strip fields.

Environment Agency, 2006, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS5246 Environment Agency D0059631 04-APR-2006 (Cartographic). SDV350492.

The former boundaries can be recognised only as very slight earthwork banks.

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

Former field boundaries of probable medieval date are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and digital images derived from Lidar data, immediately to the north and west of Winsham Farm. The curvilinear earthworks fall within the wider pattern of curvilinear enclosure based on strip fields of medieval origin in this area, as identified by historic landscape characterisation, and might have previously defined part of the infield enclosure at Winsham Farm. However, the earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the tithe map for Ilfracombe and therefore had probably passed out of use prior to 1840. The northernmost former boundary can be seen only as a pale cropmark on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2001 and as very slight earthworks on digital images derived from Lidar data acquired in April 2006.

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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SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349376	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2001. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5246 22-MAY-2001.
SDV350392	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 4067-4068 19-MAY-1947. [Mapped feature: #62604 ]
SDV350492	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS5246 Environment Agency D0059631 04-APR-2006.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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