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Summary

Parallel linear ditches, visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010, are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries that passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No boundaries are depicted in this location.

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

No boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 2289-2290 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Three linear dark cropmarks are visible.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0614 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 & 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

Three linear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Three parallel linear ditches, 3.5 to 9 metres wide, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010. They are parallel with, and manifest in the same way as, a removed field boundaries immediately to the west. The northern terminus of two of the earthworks corresponds to dog-legs in the field boundary to the north as depicted on the late-19th century mapping, and their alignment is in keeping with the surrounding field pattern. The earthworks themselves are not depicted on the Tithe Map, and they are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries that passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century. Earthwork remains are very likely to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 2289-2290 11-APR-1947.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0614 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 & 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #67555 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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