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Summary

Possible former field boundaries of probable medieval date were visible on aerial photographs of the 1940 onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 as curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches on the west-facing slopes of the Otter Valley, west of Claypitts Farm, Upottery.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with depicted field boundaries.

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with depicted field boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4304-4305 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A curvilinear earthwork bank was visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1684-1685 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.

A curvilinear earthwork bank was visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Linear and curvilinear earthwork banks were visible.

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

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 on the west-facing slopes of the Otter Valley, west of Claypitts Farm, Upottery.
The earthwork banks are on average circa 3 metres wide, flanked by narrower ditches. The banks do not correspond to field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Upottery or the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map, which are also visible as relict banks but have not been transcribed by the survey, and might be evidence of earlier enclosures, possibly of late medieval date, removed prior to the 1840s.

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.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4304-4305 11-APR-1947.
SDV357675	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1684-1685 03-SEP-1982.
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75647 ]

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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