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Summary

Possible former field boundaries of potential medieval date are visible as a number of earthwork banked features on aerial photographs of 1947 and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the north of Bowerhayes Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

The digital parish tithe mosaic is incomplete here.

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

The field boundaries are not depicted on this map and appear to have passed out of use.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2299-2300 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Evidence of the possible former earthwork field boundaries is partly visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1408 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The possible field boundaries are visible as a number of earthwork banks.

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

Possible former field boundaries of potential medieval date are visible as a number of earthwork banked features on aerial photographs of 1947 and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the north of Bowerhayes Farm. The field boundaries are northeast to southwest and east to west aligned and occupy three adjacent fields of gentle northeast and east facing slope. The Historic Landscape Characterisation project has part classified this area as comprising ‘Medieval enclosures based on strip fields’, so may be of medieval date. The field boundaries appear to have passed out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. The digital parish tithe mosaic is incomplete here, so it is not possible to determine whether the field boundaries were extant by this time.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2299-2300 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.
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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 ST1408 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #77284 ]

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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