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Summary

Dark linear cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 1989. They are interpreted as having formed over the ditches of a routeway that may pre-date the medieval period.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88NE/51

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
• TRACKWAY (Unknown date)

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Irregular linear feature consisting of paired lines about 100m long and 10m apart. Recorded from the air 1985 (ap). Vis=18/1/1989 (robinson). Marks run an approximately level course. No trace on ground. Owner has no knowledge of any leats in the area or other explanation.(dprfp).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV296259.

Aph=dap/et 8(5/7/1985).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV296260.

Aph=dap/el 8(3/7/1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV296261.

Des=dprfp 1989(and photo i 17).

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 3536, DAP 3536/8 07-JUL-1984 (BO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358521.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6706, DAP 6706/11 16-JUN-1989 (LW) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358501.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

Transcriptions of linear ditches have been made.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166946 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

A transcription of a linear ditch corresponds to the grid reference for PRN166946, recorded as “A length of double ditch, 92m long, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (p1) and was digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme. A further fragment of crop mark ditch at SX 90179 85578 (p2) may be a continuation of the same feature which is most likely to be part of a trackway”. The photograph reference is DCC DAP BO/8 (NMR SX8985/12) 07-Jul-84.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Dark linear cropmarks are visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs taken in the summer months between 1984 and 1989. At the south-west end two roughly parallel and slightly curvilinear cropmarks are 1.5-3.5 metres wide and circa 5 to 10 metres apart, whilst a separate section approximately 190 metres to the north-west shows only as a single ditch of circa 2.5 metres in width and 90 metres in length. This feature does not appear to fit into the alignment of the field pattern of probable medieval origin depicted on the Tithe map, and may predate the medieval period. It is interpreted as a possible routeway.
This feature had been transcribed during the North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass NMP project, corresponding to the grid reference for PRN166946, and so has not been re-transcribed for the EMDRC project.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted by the survey are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. In some cases these have been recorded as separate sources. This is because variations in the way the prints have been processed could result in images on which archaeological features are visible to a greater or lesser degree.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV296259	Aerial Photograph:
SDV296260	Aerial Photograph:
SDV296261	Migrated Record:
SDV321540	Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #89548 ]
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV358473	Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN166946.
SDV358501	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6706. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6706/11 16-JUN-1989 (LW).
SDV358521	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 3536. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3536/8 07-JUL-1984 (BO).

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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