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Summary

Narrow curvilinear and roughly parallel ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1946 on the west facing slopes west of Tale House, Payhembury parish. The ditches were possibly 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 (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1946 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4233-4234 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0601 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Short sections of ditch were visible as very slight earthworks. Map object based partly 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.

Narrow, shallow and roughly parallel curvilinear ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as subtle earthworks over nearly 0.5 hectares of gentle south-west facing slopes west of Tale House, Payhembury parish.
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 gutters did not appear to have been recently used or maintained in 1946 and the system was probably out of use, the main gutters possibly operating as part of a later drainage system: regular linear ditches continue to the north and west and have not been recorded as part of this monument. Elements of the possible gutters were identifiable as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data acquired from 1998 to 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4233-4234 04-NOV-1946.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0601 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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