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| HER Number: | MDV103294 |
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| Name: | Drains South of Mattocks Down Farm |
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Summary
A pair of probable post medieval water channels are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks to the south of Mattocks Down Farm, East Down. They appear to be part of a drainage system carrying water to the large pond to the south west of the farm with which they may be contemporaneous. Neither the ponds or ditches are depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1889 supporting the interpretation that they were constructed after this date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 608 441 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS64SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | East Down |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST DOWN |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTISBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1468374
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DRAIN (XIX to XX - 1889 AD to 1946 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4244-4245 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
Two parallel earthwork ditches are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A pair of probable post medieval water channels are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks to the south of Mattocks Down Farm, East Down. Centred at approximately SS 6080 4411, the ditches run parallel to each other in an approximately north-east to south west direction. The longer of the two measures approximately 90 metres long, while the second measures 65 metres long. They appear to be part of a drainage system carrying water to the large pond to the south west of the farm at SS 6070 4408, with which they may be contemporaneous. On later photographs the ditches are obscured by the creation of the second smaller pond at SS 6080 4413.Neither the linear ditches or the ponds are depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1889, supporting the interpretation that they were constructed after this date.
This description has been adapted from a monument record originally created as part of the Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme (NMP) survey.
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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| SDV349927 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4244-4245 13-MAY-1946. [Mapped feature: #62769 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 23 2012 9:22AM |
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