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Summary

Former field boundaries of possible medieval date were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured from 1998 to 2014 as curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches on the south-east facing slopes to the north of Collyhayes Farm, Wolverscombe, Awliscombe 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

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

The visible earthworks do not match any depicted boundaries.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1204 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches were visible.

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

This area was probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks suggests that earlier it may have been farmed as open strip-fields.

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 digital images derived from lidar data captured from 1998 to 2014 on the south-east facing slopes to the north of Collyhayes Farm, Wolverscombe, Awliscombe parish. The visible earthworks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Awliscombe, but do fall within the wider field pattern that has been characterised by HLC as probably enclosed in the later medieval period. The earthworks are therefore interpreted as the remains of former field boundaries of possible later medieval date that passed out of use by the early 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
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 ST1204 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76602 ]
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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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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