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| HER Number: | MDV102225 |
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| Name: | Narrow ridge and furrow for agricultural improvement |
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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, to the north-west of Docton Farm, Hartland.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 237 214 |
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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 5127-5128 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038, NMR OS/78038 237-238 10-MAY-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.
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 of 19th century date and for agricultural improvement and drainage, are visible on aerial photographs of 1946, centred on circa SS23702142 to the north-west of Docton Farm, Hartland.
Two areas of probable drainage are visible within the same field. A small and irregularly shaped area, corresponding roughly with an area of unimproved grassland depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map, is covered with of dense narrow ridge and furrow improvement earthworks. Lower earthworks of more widely spaced ridges can be seen over a larger area immediately to the south and east. The earthworks appear to have been levelled, presumably by later improvement and cultivation, 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). NMR OS/78038 237-238 10-MAY-1978. |
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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 5127-5128 19-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61672 ] |
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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: | Mar 12 2015 3:28PM |
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