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Summary

A field boundary of probable post-medieval date is identifiable as a low earthwork bank on the north-west facing slopes, north of Bastard’s Park Corner, on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury.

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

A bank is visible as a subtle earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A north-north-east to south-south-west aligned bank circa 5m wide and 110m long is identifiable as a low earthwork bank on the north-west facing slopes, north of Bastard’s Park Corner.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury but is in keeping with the character of an immediately adjacent field boundary, which is probably post-medieval subdivision of a broader medieval enclosure pattern.
It is interpreted as a field boundary of probable post-medieval date that was removed by the early 19th century.

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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