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Summary

Earthworks visible on aerial photographs in 1946 show a linear cut feature adjoining a roughly circular earthwork mound wiith a central depression or pit. It may have had a military function during WWII but as it connects to the farmstead it is perhaps more likely to have been agricultural. Visible only as a cropmark in aerial photographs from 1959, the earthworks had probably been infilled or levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
• PIT (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5054-5055 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A roughly circular earthwork consisting of a crescent shaped bank downslope and central depression or pit is visible close to the road. It adjoins a linear banked ditch or track which seems to continue beyond the hedgebank to the north and link to the farmstead.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 3001-3002 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.

A linear earthwork paralel to the road and adjoining a circular earthwork are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0038-0039 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.

No earthworks are visible, although a slightly darker subcircular cropmark is visible close to the road approximately 20 metres north east of Fordhill Cottage.

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

Earthworks visible on aerial photographs taken between April 1946 and October 1946 appear to show a linear feature, possibly a trackway or ditch, parallel to the road and possibly continuing north of a hedgebank, towards the farm at Ford. At the south of the linear feature is an adjoining roughly circular earthwork with a central depression or pit and a crescent-shaped bank which is particularly substantial downslope. It may have had a military function but as it connects to the farmstead it is more likely to have been agricultural. No earthworks are visible on aerial photographs from 1959, although a darker cropmark is just discernable, and the earthworks had probably therefore been infilled or levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349050	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 3001-3002 12-OCT-1946.
SDV349064	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0038-0039 30-JUN-1959.
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 5054-5055 19-APR-1946.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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