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Summary

Earthwork Terracing and banks visible at Rhode Farm on aerial photographs of the 1960s onwards might be evidence of former infield enclosure, potentially of medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

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.

Some boundaries may be depicted.

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

The relict earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features.

BKS Surveys Ltd, 1967, BKS/2822, BKS/2822 V 2894-2895 14-MAR-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354836.

Subtle earthwork banks or terraces were visible.

Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9804 29-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356896.

Slight earthwork banks remained visible.

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

The surrounding field pattern has been characterised as medieval enclosure based on strip fields.

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

Earthwork Terracing and banks visible on aerial photographs of the 1960s onwards immediately to the east and north of the farmstead at Rhode Farm might be evidence of former infield enclosures. The earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch first edition map but may in part match boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Bradninch. This might support the interpretation that the boundaries had largely passed out of use by the middle of the 19th century. The surrounding field pattern has been characterised as medieval enclosure based on strip fields and it is likely that the relict earthworks are also of medieval origin. Earthworks remained visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002 and it is therefore likely traces of the probable boundaries 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).
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.
SDV354836	Aerial Photograph: BKS Surveys Ltd. 1967. BKS/2822. BKS Surveys Ltd. Photograph (Paper). BKS/2822 V 2894-2895 14-MAR-1967. [Mapped feature: #67638 ]
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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SDV356896	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9804 29-SEP-2002.

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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