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Summary

A linear earthwork bank is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval or later date and is visible on aerial photographs of 1946. It is likely to have gone out of use by the mid nineteenth century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• MORPH: DE.121.26.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The banks do not correspond to any depicted field boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 3010-3011 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.

Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

A single linear feature (interrupted) defined by 1 bank, max. length 512m, is visible as an earthwork bank and transcribed from aerial photographs dating to 1946. It is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval or later date.

Knight, S., 2012, Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV350734.

The probable field boundary banks are not depicted on the Tithe map and are likely to have gone out of use by the mid nineteenth century. The maximum width is up to 14 metres, suggesting that the banks had been spread, perhaps by agricultural activity.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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