Monument Number 1127391 |
Hob Uid: 1127391 | |
Location : Somerset Somerset West and Taunton Porlock
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Grid Ref : SS8597246971 |
Summary : A Post Medieval water meadow gutter drainage system, visible as curvilinear earthworks, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1947. Located on a steep south and south-west facing hillslope in fields immediately east of Eastcott Farm south-west of Porlock Weir, a series of curvilinear earthwork ditches follow the contours of the slope to carry water over and off the fields. Some of the ditches were still visible in 1979. |
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SS 8594 4697 A Post Medieval water meadow gutter drainage system, visible as curvilinear earthworks, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1947. Located on a steep south and south-west facing hillslope in fields immediately east of Eastcott Farm south-west of Porlock Weir, a series of roughly 1 to 1.5 metres wide curvilinear earthwork ditches, about 442 metres WSW-ENE (SS 8577 4689 to SS 8618 4706) by 100 metres N-S (SS 8583 4700 to SS 8585 4690), follow the contours of the slope to carry water over and off the fields. Some of the ditches were still visible in 1979. (3-5) |