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Summary

A building platform of likely medieval to post-medieval date for the possible manor house at Yarcombe is visible as an earthwork feature on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards. It was levellled in February 1984.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NW/28

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING PLATFORM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The digital Tithe Map mosaic is incomplete here.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3310-11 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The building platform is visible as an earthwork feature.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3829, RAF/39/3829 V 266-67 11-NOV-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359524.

The building platform is visible as an earthwork feature.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1618-19 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.

The building platform is visible as an earthwork feature.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, Platform - Poss Manor House Site (Worksheet). SDV135925.

A building platform 'in front of' yarcombe church was locally believed to be the site of a manor house. It was bulldozed in february 1984.(worksheet: oral information from p. Wood).

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=24/9/1992 (simpson and noble) it is difficult to work out where the site of the manor is supposed to be from the above description. The most likely area is to the s and se of the church where there are extensive manicured lawns in front of the old vicarage and a new house. No earthworks suggestive of a manor site are now visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 042-43 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

The building platform appears to have been levelled and the area partly landscaped and developed.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A building platform for the possible manor house at Yarcombe is visible as an earthwork feature on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards. The earthwork platform is rectangular in shape, measures approximately 37m in length by 20m in width and has been cut and levelled into gentle southeast facing slope. The earthwork platform may represent the site of Yarcombe Manor house recorded as being ‘in front of’ Yarcombe Church. The digital Tithe Map mosaic is incomplete for this area, so it is unclear if the manor house was extant during this time. The earthwork remains visible on aerial photographs up until 1982, but appears to have been completely levelled by 1996.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV135925	Worksheet: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. Platform - Poss Manor House Site. Worksheet + Digital.
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3310-11 11-APR-1947.
SDV357675	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1618-19 03-SEP-1982.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 042-43 08-MAY-1996.
SDV359524	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3829. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3829 V 266-67 11-NOV-1971. [Mapped feature: #83446 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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