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| HER Number: | MDV102219 |
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| Name: | Narrow ridge and furrow for agricultural improvement |
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Summary
A small area of narrow ridge and furrow earthworks, probably for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, is visible on aerial photographs of 1946, to the north-west of Galsham Farm, Hartland.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 243 228 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS22SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hartland |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1959 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5065-5066 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F21 0035-036 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.
Earthworks are not visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A small area of narrow ridge and furrow earthworks is visible on aerial photographs of 1946, centred on circa SS24352290, some 250 metres to the north-west of Galsham Farm, Hartland. This location is depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map of the 1880s-1890s as an area of rough ground where a spring-head rises. This may support the interpretation that the earthworks were made for agricultural improvement and drainage, probably in the modern periods, most likely the later 19th century. They are not clearly visible on later aerial photographs and might have been reduced or levelled by subsequent improvements.
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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| SDV349064 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F21 0035-036 30-JUN-1959. |
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| SDV349143 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5065-5066 19-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61665 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 9 2012 10:21AM |
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