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Summary

Narrow curvilinear and roughly parallel ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1989 on the south-west facing slopes south of Lower Milton, overlooking the River Tale. The ditches might be the remains of a catch meadow of 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (XIX to XX - 1880 AD to 1998 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The plot was depicted as an orchard.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89276, OS/89276 V 322-323 14-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357047.

Shallow curvilinear ditches were visible as subtle earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The ditches were not visible as earthworks.

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

Narrow, shallow and roughly parallel curvilinear ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as subtle earthworks over nearly 0.6 hectares of gentle south-west facing slopes south of Lower Milton, overlooking the River Tale.
The ditches are tentatively interpreted as the gutters of a possible catch meadow irrigation system. Catch meadows were popular in the 19th century but many continued in use into the mid-20th century. The plot in which the ditches were visible was used as an orchard probably throughout the 19th century and any catch meadow in this field was therefore probably a short-lived 20th century creation.
The possible gutters were not identifiable as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and have probably been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV357047	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89276. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89276 V 322-323 14-JUN-1989. [Mapped feature: #77451 ]
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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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