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| HER Number: | MDV102094 |
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| Name: | Former field boundaries to the east of Babbacombe Farm, Alwington |
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Summary
The remains of former field boundaries of probable medieval or post-medieval date are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards, as earthwork banks to the east of Babbacombe Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 404 254 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Alwington |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALWINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No field boundaries are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4003-4004 15-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.
Three relict curvilinear field boundaries are visible as earthwork banks.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011-2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
Three former field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date are visible on aerial photographs of 1946, as long relict curvilinear earthwork banks, locatrd on a saddle of high ground between Babbacombe Farm and Cockington Plantations. The earthworks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map of 1880s-1890s. However, they appear to be associated with, and operhaps be continuations of extant field boundaries which are depicted in the surrounding area, which are probably medieval in origin. The relict field boundaries had therefore probably passed out of use by the second half of the 19th century. The earthworks are not clearly visible on later aerial photographs and may have been levelled above ground by modern agricultural improvement.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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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| SDV349339 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4003-4004 15-APR-1946. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 25 2021 2:32PM |
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