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Summary

Earthwork banks and ditches and a cropmark ditch of former medieval or post-medieval field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, at Winsford, Halwill. The Field boundaries are post-dated by a series of narrow linear earthworks interpreted as 19th to 20th century improvement ridge and furrow.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN167637 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

A series of removed field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs (p1&2) and were digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme. One is visible as a cropmark ditch, but all the others survive as earthwork banks or ditches. A further boundary is visible as a ditch at SS 45520 01324. Within the fields extensive traces of cultivation marks, similar to straight, narrow ridge and furrow, are also visible. These are likely to be post medieval or modern in origin and probably post date the field boundaries. The features lie partly within an area classed as medieval enclosures based on strip fields and partly within an area classed as C18th and C19th post-medieval enclosures in the Historic Landscape Characterisation for Devon.
Photograph references:
1. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/138/5009&10 11-APR-1946
2. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/138/5051&52 11-APR-1946

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2017-2018, Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV360588.

The cultivation marks mentioned within this record by Young & Turner likely refer to the 19th-20th century practice involving the (mechanical) ploughing of ground for the improvement of drainage and or areas of rough ground. This monument record has accordingly been indexed as narrow ridge and furrow.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme

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