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Summary

A roughly rectangular platform or terraced area was visible on digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork on the east-facing slopes to the east of Mohun’s Ottery, Luppitt parish. The earthwork is possibly evidence of a former settlement of medieval to post-medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/14/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))
• PLATFORM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96577.

Des=slide 8/9/92 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96578.

Des=colour print 8/9/92 film no. Bh3 frame no.11-13 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV96579.

Des=b/w print 8/9/92 film no. Bh21 frame no.29-31 in smr.

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

The platform falls within depicted as an orchard.

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

Vis=8/9/1992 (simpson and noble) there is a large platform to the east of mohuns ottey farm on the east side of a track adjacent to the current farm. It is approx 50m e-w and 60m n-s and stands about 1.5m high at its east end (see sketch in archive). The southern edge of this platform is covered by a hedge and a hand made small brick and piece of p. M. Tile were retrieved from a bore scraping into the terrace below this hedge. Many similar bricks were taken from the slope of the bank when the area was ploughed in about 1974.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1805-ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A rectangular platform was visible.

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

A roughly rectangular platform or terraced area measuring approximately 40 metres east to west and between 40 and 50 metres north to south was visible on digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork on the east-facing slopes to the east of Mohun’s Ottery, Luppitt parish. The platform falls within an area depicted as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and therefore probably passed out of use prior to the 1880s. The function of the platform is unclear. It is of similar size and plan to the farmstead at Mohun’s Ottery and is tentatively interpreted as evidence of a former settlement of medieval to post-medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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.
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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1805-ST1905 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #92698 ]
SDV96577	Migrated Record:
SDV96578	Migrated Record:
SDV96579	Migrated Record:

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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