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Summary

Strip fields and lynchets of probable medieval date are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as earthworks on the west-facing slopes of a combe to the east of Netherton.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1168336: ORCHARD COTTAGE INCLUDING GARDEN WALLS AND GARDEN GATE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LYNCHET (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
• STRIP FIELD (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible earthworks correspond closely with boundaries depicted on the Tithe map for Combeinteignhead.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3146-3147 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Boundaries at circa SX89397143 were in the process of being cleared.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX8971 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Curvilinear banks and scarps were visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Curvilinear banks and scarps are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as earthworks closely following the contours on the west-facing combe slopes to the east of Netherton.
Several of the visible earthworks correspond with field boundaries depicted on the Tithe map for Combeinteignhead, several of which remain extant as field boundaries on the current OS MasterMap base map. A small number of banks or scarps centred at circa SX89277174 do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map. Two field boundaries centred at circa SX89397143 were cleared in the mid to later 20th century.
The earthworks are interpreted as evidence of strip fields and lynchets of probable medieval date, some of which were probably cleared prior to circa 1840.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Many of the visible earthworks correspond closely with extant field boundaries.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3146-3147 04-NOV-1946.
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX8971 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. [Mapped feature: #116678 ]
SDV362729	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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