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Summary

Fragmentary linear cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs of 1992, might be forming over the remains of former field boundaries or a small field system. The cropmarks are located towards the eastern end of a narrow east-west orientated spur overlooking a sharply incised combe to the south. The date of the possible field boundaries is unknown, but the do not appear to be associated with the extant field pattern, which appears to be post-medieval in origin.

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)

Full description

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

Cropmarks are visible.

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

Fragmentary linear cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs of 1992, might be forming over the remains of former field boundaries or a small field system. The cropmarks are aligned roughly east-west, following the high ground at the eastern end of a narrow east-west orientated spur overlooking a sharply incised combe to the south.
The cropmarks are generally very narrow, between 1 and 3 metres wide, although the width of the broader cropmarks is difficult to transcribe accurately as they are visible only in a lodged cereal crop where the cropmarks are extremely fragmentary.
The date of the possible field boundaries is unknown, but they appear to predate the extant field pattern, which appears to be post-medieval in origin.
Alternatively, it must be considered possible that the cropmarks are caused by modern agricultural activity, such as field drains.

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.
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SDV349088	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92243. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/92243 151-152 07-JUL-1992. [Mapped feature: #61545 ]

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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