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Summary

Former field boundaries of probable post-medieval date were visible as earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data, immediately to the east of Ratsloe, straddling the parish boundary between Huxham and Poltimore.

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))

Full description

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

The earthwork banks correspond in part with depicted field boundaries.

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

The earthworks did not correspond with any depicted features.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SX9095 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Low earthwork banks were visible.

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

Former field boundaries of probable post-medieval date were visible as low earthwork banks defining a roughly square field patter on digital images derived from lidar data, on the gentle east-facing combe slopes immediately to the east of Ratsloe.
The earthworks correspond in part to field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Ratsloe; those not depicted were probably evidence for field boundaries removed prior to the 1840s.
The former earthworks probably defined part of the parish boundary between Huxham and Poltimore parishes. All the field boundaries had been removed by the later 19th century but the parish limit continued to follow the same course.

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.
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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SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9095 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #73341 ]

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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