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Summary

Possible former field boundaries or lynchets of possible medieval origin are visible as earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data, on the heavily wooded slopes overlooking the coast at Smugglers’ Hole, Watcombe.

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 (Between))
• LYNCHET (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork banks do not correspond with any depicted features.

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

The earthwork banks do not correspond with any depicted features.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, Lidar data JPEG SX96SW DTM, LIDAR SX96NW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012 MDV104984 (Cartographic). SDV352291.

Curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Whilst currently wooded, the coastal slopes on which the earthwork banks are visible is characterised for the post-medieval period as rough ground, the adjacent fields as medieval enclosure and medieval enclosure based on strip fields.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Possible former field boundaries or lynchets are visible as curvilinear earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data, on the heavily wooded coastal slopes overlooking Smugglers’ Hole, Watcombe. The possible boundaries are not depicted on the Tithe Map for St Marychurch, possibly supporting the interpretation that they had passed out of use by the mid-eighteenth century. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map depicts this area as rough grassland and scrub. Nonetheless, the relict earthwork banks appear to fall within and continue the surrounding field pattern, characterised as being based upon medieval patterns of enclosure, and are therefore interpreted as being probably of medieval origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV352291	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. Lidar data JPEG SX96SW DTM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX96NW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012 MDV104984.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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