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HER Number: | MDV112983 |
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Name: | Former Field Boundaries South of Ratsloe |
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Summary
Probable former field boundaries of medieval to 19th century date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data of 2005 as broad but shallow earthwork ditches on the north-facing slopes to the south of Ratsloe.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 958 973 |
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Map Sheet: | SX99NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Poltimore |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | POLTIMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), SDV357034 LIDAR SX9496 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 27-Feb-2005
&19-Dec-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.
Curvilinear shallow but broad earthwork ditches were visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
Probable former field boundaries of medieval to 19th century date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data of 2005 as broad but shallow earthwork ditches on the north-facing slopes to the south of Ratsloe.
The curvilinear hollows measured between 4 and 20 metres across. They did not match any extant field boundaries, but a narrower earthwork and the boundary it abutted to the south, centred on circa SX95869731, did correspond with a boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Poltimore of the 1840s and the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map of the 1880s-1890s. The earthworks to the east and west echoed the line of this boundary which might support the interpretation that they were part of a contemporary field system. That these shallow ditches were significantly broader in width might also support the interpretation that they had been removed a considerable time prior to the 1840s and their profiles had been spread by the plough.
Sources / Further Reading
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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SDV357034 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. SDV357034 LIDAR SX9496 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 27-Feb-2005
&19-Dec-2005. [Mapped feature: #72339 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
Date Last Edited: | Aug 4 2015 11:23AM |
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