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Summary

A linear cropmark visible on aerial photographs of 1979 is forming over a removed ditched and banked field boundary of probable post-medieval date.

Location

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.

The northern side of the cropmark corresponds with the southern edge of a field boundary depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 139-140 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.

A linear cropmark is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1992, OS/92243, NMR OS/92243 151-152 07-JUL-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349088.

The cropmark remains partly visible.

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

The remains of possible former banked field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date are visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs of 1971, to the north-east of High Park Farm, Abbotsham. The banks appear to sub-divide a south-facing field, itslef enclosed to the east and west by curvilinear field boundaries likely to be of medieval origin. The north-south elements of the relict earthworks appear to respect the alignment of the extant boundaries and might therefore be contemporary with or post-date them. One of the identified east-west earthworks might correspond with a boundary depicted on the 1840 tithe map for Abbotsham. None of the earthworks are depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map of circa the 1880s-1890s. It is therefore likely that the majority of the earhtwork boundaries had passed out of use prior to 1840. The possible boundaries are not visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1979 or later.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349083	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79010. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79010 139-140 16-APR-1979.
SDV349088	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92243. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/92243 151-152 07-JUL-1992.

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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