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Summary

A curvilinear feature is visible in two adjacent fields as an earthwork bank, then as a pale cropmark on aerial photographs taken in April 1946 and July 1946 respectively. It is not visible on any later available photographs and has most likely been levelled by ploughing. It is interpreted as a former field boundary, probably part of the medieval strip field system west of Hartand, which became disused in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Warren and Co. Surveyors., 1844, First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts. (Cartographic). SDV349361.

A field boundary is depicted on the Tithe Map

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, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5055-5056 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A possible lynchet is visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1977, OS/77023, NMR OS/77023 056-057 19-MAY-1977 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349036.

A linear earthwork is visible.

GetMapping, 1999, 089/99, DCC GM/089/99 0259-0260 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349037.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

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

A linear feature, on the same alignment as the surrounding medieval field system, is visible as an earthwork bank on aerial photographs between 1946 and 1977, and as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1999. In form it resembles an earthwork lynchet or field boundary parallel to the contour at a break of slope. A field boundary is depicted here on the 1844 Tithe map, but not the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping. It is therefore interpreted as a former field boundary bank that had gone out of use by the late nineteenth century, probably originating as part of the medieval strip field system west of Hartand.

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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SDV349036	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1977. OS/77023. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/77023 056-057 19-MAY-1977.
SDV349037	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 089/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC GM/089/99 0259-0260 24-JUL-1999.
SDV349143	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5055-5056 19-APR-1946.
SDV349361	Cartographic: Warren and Co. Surveyors.. 1844. First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts.. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)

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