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Summary

Earthworks visible on aerial photographs to the south of Eddistone, Hartland parish, might include a building platform and associated tracks or hollow ways, potentially of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING PLATFORM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1890 AD)
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1890 AD)
• ROAD (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1844 AD)

Full description

Warren and Co. Surveyors., 1844, First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts. (Cartographic). SDV349361.

The earthworks correspond closely with boundaries and routes depicted on the tithe map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

Earthworks are visible to the south of Eddistone.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.

Many of the former boundaries and routes are not depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.

Earthworks appear to have been levelled and some features are visible as cropmarks.

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

Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 on the southern edge of the shrunken settlement of Eddistone, Hartland parish. These might include a building platform and associated yards, tracks or hollow ways, potentially of medieval date. Some of the north-south orientated earthworks may relate to former field boundaries and a road or green lane depicted on the 1844 tithe map for Hartland. The road and many of the field boundaries are not depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch map of circa 1880s-1890s, indicating that they had probably passed out of use by this time. Most of the relict earthworks and field boundaries extant in 1946 have been removed and possibly levelled by May 1978.

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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SDV349082	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78038. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV349143	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV349361	Cartographic: Warren and Co. Surveyors.. 1844. First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts.. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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