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Summary

Earthworks of broad linear and curvilinear banks and narrow curvilinear ditches, interpreted as the ridges and side carrier channels of a 19th century valley bottom bedwork irrigation system, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATER MEADOW (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 3177-3178 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Broad linear and curvilinear banks and narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.

Broad linear and curvilinear banks and narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

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.

Broad linear and curvilinear banks and narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019. The earthworks occupy an area of circa 1.45 hectares of floodplain of the River Avon. They comprise a series of closely spaced and parallel north to south banks, between 5m and 18m wide, with incised channels, less than 2m wide, visible along the tops of, and mostly parallel with, the banks. The character of the earthworks supports the interpretation that they represent the ridges and carrier channels of a 19th century valley bottom bedwork irrigation system. It does not correspond with any features on the late-19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map, suggesting that it had passed out of use by this time.

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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