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Summary

Linear and multilinear features recorded as part of a geophysical survey. They are suggestive of more then one phase of enclosure. Several boundaries also coincided with those on the tithe map.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Dean, R., 2010, Land at Dartmouth Devon: Archaeological Gradiometer Survey (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV356992.

An archaeological gradiometer survey was completed across approximately 21 hectares. A total of 139 groups of anomalies pertaining to potential archaeological deposits and structures were identified, and 14 recommendations have been made for further archaeological investigations of the potential archaeology.

The linear anomaly groups recorded as ‘likely’ (anomaly groups 108 in field 13, 120 and 127 in field 14, and 131 in field 15) represent field boundaries removed after 1964. Of these the boundaries represented by groups 108 and 131 were removed after publication of the Ordnance Survey 1988 1:10,000 map. From the relevant Ordnance Survey maps, the boundaries in field 14 (groups 120 and 127) are likely to have been removed in 1963 or 1964.

The linear structure represented by anomaly group 128 in field 14 has a structure consistent with a typical Devon bank much the same as those recently removed boundaries discussed above. This potential structure is not recorded on the available Ordnance Survey maps or on the 1841 Stoke Fleming tithe map.

The majority of potential archaeological features recorded in these fields are linear and multilinear. They are suggestive of more than one phase of enclosure that do not conform with the directional trends of extant or recently removed field boundaries. Examples include groups 98, 99, 101, 112, 113 and 115 to 118 in field 13, groups 123 to 126 in field 14, and groups 129, 130, 133, 136 and 138 in field 15.

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

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6539 - Geophysical Survey on Land at Dartmouth

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