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Summary

A linear bank is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1978. It is likely to be a relict post-medieval field boundary which had passed out of use before the mid-nineteenth century. The area was drained and the bank partially removed by 1978 and has probably been completely levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1844 AD (Between))

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.

No field boundary is depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5072-5073 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A straight linear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038, NMR OS/78038 373-374 10-MAY-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.

The linear bank is partially visible as an earthwork, but the northern part appears to have been levelled and drains installed in the surrounding area.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

No earthwork bank is visible in this location. Hard copies of these photographs were not available for consultation.

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

A linear bank, approximately 2 metres in width, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1978. It is very straight, which suggests a post-medieval date, although it it is not depicted on the 1844 Tithe map and may have gone out of use before the mid-nineteenth century. The northern half appears, from examination of aerial photographs taken in 1978, to have been deliberately levelled, and drains installed across the surrounding land. Neither the northern or the southern part of the bank is visible in the improved grassland shown in the available later aerial photographs, and the bank is likely to have been completely levelled between 1978 and 1999.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321648	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital).
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 373-374 10-MAY-1978.
SDV349143	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5072-5073 19-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61679 ]
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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