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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork banks and a ditch, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1996 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, is interpreted as the probable remains of medieval field boundaries that fell 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 (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in these exact locations.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 059-060 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

Dark curvilinear cropmarks and earthwork banks are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2603 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and a ditch are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A curvilinear earthwork ditch and two banks, circa 2.5 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1996 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They fit into the historic field pattern, which has been characterised as based on medieval strip fields, and the banks seem to abut curvilinear field boundaries depicted on the Tithe map, which although now also removed are visible on the lidar imagery as earthwork features of similar width and morphology. They are interpreted as relict field boundaries of medieval origin which fell out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2603 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped features: #74735 ; #74736 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 059-060 08-MAY-1996.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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