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Summary

A rectilinear terrace or platform, visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 on the north-west facing slopes south of Renton Farm, is possibly evidence of a former farmstead or settlement potentially of medieval date, cleared between 1840 and 1880.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The terrace earthwork falls within Plot 402, Lower Bovetown. A substnatial building is depicted in the area of the terrace. The northern edge of the boundary coincides with the terrace.

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

The building is not depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3084-3085 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6547 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

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.

A rectilinear terrace or platform is visible as an earthwork approximately 66m by 40m in size on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013, on the north-west facing slopes south of Renton Farm.
The terrace earthwork falls within Plot 402, Lower Bovetown, on the Tithe Map for Ringmore. The northern edge of the terrace corresponds with a field boundary depicted on the Tithe Map and within the terraced area (in plot 402) is depicted a substantial h-shaped building, comparable in size to Renton.
The building is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25-inch map although the field boundary continues to respect the northern edge of the terraced area.
The visible earthwork is interpreted as evidence of a former farmstead or settlement, potentially of medieval origin, that was cleared between 1840 and 1880.

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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