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Summary

The narrow ditches of a possible simple catch meadow of 19th century date were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 on the gentle west-facing combe slopes west of Haverlands Farm, Membury parish, on aerial photographs of 1947 and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1947 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2315-2316 11-APR-1947 (HER 31/34-35) (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Curviinear ditches were visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2505-ST2605 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Curviinear ditches were visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, Curviinear ditches were visible as earthworks (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.

Curviinear ditches were 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 curvilinear ditches were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as earthworks following the contours of the gentle west-facing slopes west of Haverlands Farm.
The ditches are interpreted as the gutters of a simple catch meadow irrigation system. Catch meadows were popular in the 19th century but many continued in use into the mid-20th century. The ditch did not appear to have been recently used in April 1947, but had probably remained in use into the 20th century. The ditch remained identifiable as an earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. The visible gutters might have been an eastern extension of the possible catch meadow previously recorded to the west, but not identified by the survey, as MDV47278.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2315-2316 11-APR-1947 (HER 31/34-35).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2505-ST2605 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #78675 ]
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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SDV359480	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). Curviinear ditches were visible as earthworks.

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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