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Summary

Former field boundaries and a trackway of probable post-medieval to 19th century date were visible as cropmarks of ditches to the east of Winscott Cross, Newton St Cyres, on aerial photographs of the 1980s.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
• FOOTPATH (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The cropmarks correspond in part with depicted field boundaries and a former trackway or footpath.

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

The field boundaries are not depicted.

English Heritage, 1984, NMR 2163, NMR 2163/0220-221 02-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357051.

Linear cropmarks of buried ditches and a compacted surface were visible.

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

Transcriptions of ditches and banks correspond to the grid reference for PRN166353.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166353 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

A complex of linear banks and ditches is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (p1). The features are sited within an area described as ‘Barton’ fields for Devon’s Historic Landscape Characterisation and are likely to be field boundaries of C15th- C18th origin. They have been plotted in AutoCAD as part of the National Mapping Programme.
Photograph reference:
1. NMR SX9098/1-2 (NMR 2163/0218- 0220) 02-JUL-1984

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

Two former field boundaries and a trackway were visible as cropmarks of buried ditches to the east of Winscott Cross, Newton St Cyres, on aerial photographs of the 1980s. The northernmost of the two roughly east to west orientated cropmarks corresponds with an orchard boundary as depicted on the Tithe Map for Newton St Cyres. The southern cropmark does not match a depicted boundary but is parallel to the northern boundary and appears to abut an additional former boundary, shown on the map, to the west, and is probably therefore contemporary.
The compacted surface of a former trackway or footpath giving access to a former field between the cropmark boundaries, also depicted on the Tithe Map, was visible as a pale linear cropmark about 2 metres wide, flanked by narrower darker cropmarks of removed hedge boudnaries. It is therefore likely that the boundaries visible as cropmarks were of post-medieval to 19th century date. They are not depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and had therefore probably been removed prior to the 1880s.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2017-2018, Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV360588.

The two most northern east to west aligned linear ditches transcribed during the Winkleigh NMP project likely represent a duplicate of the two ditches mapped during the East and Mid Devon River Catchments NMP project.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321540	Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #73008 ]
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.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357051	Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 1984. NMR 2163. English Heritage. Photograph (Paper). NMR 2163/0220-221 02-JUL-1984.
SDV358473	Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN166353.
SDV360588	Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2017-2018. Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme

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