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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible an an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is form and relationship to other monuments suggest that it is likely to be of medieval date, but may have been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No field boundary is depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, 5051-5052 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork. Other details: DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5051-5052 19-APR-1946.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A curvilinear bank, aligned approximately east to west and roughly 3 metres in width is visible an an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Although clearly visible at the east and west ends of the field, it is obscured in the centre by a darker area, possibly of wetter ground. It is overlain by modern narrow ridge and furrow and is not depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping, suggesting that it pre-dates the late nineteenth century. The earthwork is contiguous with a field boundary to the east which is part of a field pattern of probable medieval date and therefore it is also likely to have a medieval origin. It is not seen on later aerial photographs available to the survey, although these are limited in number, and it is possible that the earthwork has been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV349143	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5051-5052. [Mapped feature: #108098 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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