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| HER Number: | MDV71494 |
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| Name: | FIELD BOUNDARY in the Parish of Exeter |
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Summary
Field boundary ditch containing 19th century finds, running alongside the position of a former hedge bank. It is thought the hedge banks were laid out after the Civil War, marking the divisions between later properties.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 962 883 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| District | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOPSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Sage, A. + Allan, J., 2004, The Early Roman Military Defences, Late Roman Cemetery and Later Features at the Topsham School, Topsham, 17, 23 (Article in Serial). SDV322088.
Excavations by Exeter Archaeology on the site of the new Combined School in Topsham revealed a field boundary ditch running alongside the position of a former hedge bank which contained 19th century finds. In the 19th century the site lay within two long narrow gardens to the rear of properties in Fore Street. These formed parts of a block of such properties, separated from one another by hedges wich extended from the Exeter Road down to the river cliff of the Exe. Elsewhere in the south west fields of this general form can be shown to have originated as strips within medieval open fields, subsequently enclosed by hedges in the late medieval or early modern periods. If this were the case, they would subsequently have been adopted as the property boundaries of new houses as Topsham spread onto this area in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. However, it is suggested that it is unlikely that a Civil War redoubt would have been built on a site closely hemmed in by hedges and it seems more likely, therefore, that the hedge banks were laid out after the Civil War, simply marking the divisions between later properties.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV322088 | Article in Serial: Sage, A. + Allan, J.. 2004. The Early Roman Military Defences, Late Roman Cemetery and Later Features at the Topsham School, Topsham. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 62. Paperback Volume. 17, 23. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV67998 | Part of: Roman Military Site in Topsham (Monument) |
| MDV71476 | Related to: Civil War Fort at Topsham (Monument) |
| MDV57211 | Related to: HEDGE in the Parish of Exeter (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1769 - The Early Roman Military Defences, Late Roman Cemetery and Later Features at the Topsham School, Topsham
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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