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Summary

Possible former field boundaries potentially of medieval date were visible on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data as shallow earthwork ditches on the south facing slopes of a narrow combe south of Gorehayes Farm, Upottery parish.

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

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2306-2307 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Linear and curvilinear shallow ditches were visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 49 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

Linear and curvilinear shallow ditches were visible as earthworks. Map object partly based on this source.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

The relict earthworks fall within an area of field enclosures probably based on medieval fields, but the many straight field boundaries in the area suggest it were substantially re-organised in the post-medieval period.
However, the relict earthworks are adjacent to an area probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks in this area suggests that earlier they may have been farmed as open strip-fields.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1908 04-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359490.

Linear and curvilinear shallow ditches were visible as earthworks.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1908-ST2008 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Linear and curvilinear shallow ditches and scarps were visible as earthworks. Map object partly based on this source.

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

Shallow curvilinear earthwork ditches were visible on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data on the south facing slopes of a narrow combe south of Gorehayes Farm, Upottery parish.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Stockland or the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map, and were therefore probably removed prior to the early 19th century. They fall within a plot characterised by HLC as probably post-medieval in date but their curvilinear plan possibly has more similarities with the field pattern immediately to the east which is more typically medieval in character, and has been characterised as probably later medieval in origin.
The relict earthworks are therefore interpreted as possible former field boundaries potentially of medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2306-2307 11-APR-1947.
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 49 08-MAY-1996.
SDV359490	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1908 04-MAY-2010.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1908-ST2008 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016.

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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