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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork ditches, visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, are interpreted as the gutters of a post-medieval or nineteenth century catchmeadow system.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location on the late-19th century mapping.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1699 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, and partly on aerial photographs captured in the 1940s, in fields to the north-west of Lucerhayes. Two broadly follow the contour, dropping less than 5 metres over a visible length of approximately 100 metres, and are interpreted as the gutters of a post-medieval or nineteenth century catchmeadow system. They may have been fed by a deeper channel leading down from the farm, perhaps suggesting this operated as an integrated system whereby manure was mixed with water to both fertilise and irrigate the slopes.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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