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Summary

Several curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1947 and 1963, are interpreted as relict medieval field boundaries. Some seem to have gone out of use by the mid nineteenth century, and the area has since been developed.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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

Several field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1994 4489-4490 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 342-343 22-JAN-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Several curvilinear earthwork banks, up to 2.5 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1947 and 1963. Some are depicted on nineteenth century mapping, and their curvilinear form suggests they are medieval in origin. Those that are not depicted on historic mapping fit into this field pattern and are likely to be the remains of medieval field boundaries that went out of use by the mid nineteenth century, and these have been transcribed. The earthworks are not visible on later available aerial photographs and the area has since been developed.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 342-343 22-JAN-1963. [Mapped feature: #65386 ]
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1994 4489-4490 11-APR-1947.

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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