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Summary

Several curvilinear earthwork banks and a ditch, visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, are interpreted as the remains of relict medieval or earlier field boundaries that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Curvilinear field boundaries are depicted in this area.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Curvilinear field boundaries are depicted in this area.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX4950 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks and one ditch are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Several wide curvilinear earthwork banks and one ditch are visible on digital visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. Many manifest in a similar way to field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map, and some are contiguous with them. Although some of the earthworks fit closely into the surrounding field pattern, which is typical of medieval origin enclosures based on strip fields, others appear to cut across these field boundaries as depicted on the Tithe Map. They are not easily distinguishable on the available aerial photographs, and may be very slight earthworks. They are interpreted as relict medieval, or in some cases perhaps earlier, field boundaries that became disused by the mid-19th century. Their varied width, at between 3 and 16 metres, suggests that some boundaries have been spread more widely by subsequent agricultural activity. Only those that do not correspond with boundaries depicted on the historic mapping have been transcribed.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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