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Summary

Two linear earthworks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1963, are interpreted as a relict post-medieval field boundaries that passed out of use by the mid nineteenth century. Earthwork remains do not appear to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3326-3327 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Two earthwork banks are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 347-348 22-JAN-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

Three linear earthwork banks and a ditch are visible.

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

Two probable relict field boundaries are visible as linear earthwork banks and a ditch on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1963. They appear to form two sides of a rectilinear field broken by, or linking, former chalk pits; the section aligned north to south consists of a bank and ditch with a small counterscarp bank totalling circa 5 metres in width, but only a single 2 metre wide bank is visible for the section aligned east to west. Their straight alignment suggests a post-medieval origin, but as neither is depicted on the available historic mapping, they probably passed out of use by the mid nineteenth century. The earthworks are not visible on later available aerial photographs and may have been levelled.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3326-3327 13-APR-1946.
SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 347-348 22-JAN-1963. [Mapped features: #66077 ; #66078 ]

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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