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Summary

Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks, probably of 19th century date and for agricultural improvement and drainage, are visible on aerial photographs of 1946, immediately to the south of Galsham Farm, Hartland.

Location

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 5066-5067 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.

Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks, probably for agricultural improvement of 19th century date, are visible on aerial photographs, immediately to the south of Galsham, Hartland, centred on circa SS24672261.
A spring-head is depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map of the 1880s-1890s as rising roughly 35 metres to the north-west of the earthworks. This may support the interpretation that the earthworks were made to improve drainage, most likely the later 19th century.
The improvement earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 but are no longer visible on aerial photographs of 1959, and might have been levelled by subsequent improvements. A larger area of similar earthworks can be seen circa 50 metres to the north.

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.
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 5066-5067 19-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61668 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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