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| HER Number: | MDV102233 |
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| Name: | Possible field boundary at Sandhole Cliff |
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Summary
A possible former embanked field boundary is visible on aerial photographs as a short curvilinear cropmark at Sandhole Cliff, Hartland. It may be part of a wider system of enclosure based on medieval strip fields that continues to the south.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 221 208 |
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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
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78017, NMR OS/78017 132-133 16-APR-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349081.
A cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A possible former embanked field boundary is visible on aerial photographs as a short curvilinear cropmark at Sandhole Cliff, Hartland, centred on circa SS221162084. The pale cropmark is clearly visible for less than 20 metres, but it appears to abut the extant boundary to the east at a point where it kinks or doglegs into the field, often taken to be an indication of the location of a removed field boundary. The former boundary may be part of a wider system of enclosure based on medieval strip fields that continues to the south.
No field boundaries are depicted in this area on the Ordnance Survey 25in first edition map of circa 1885. However, straight boundaries depicted on the circa 1842 tithe map, possibly associated with the cottage or farmstead of Sandhole, might indicate this area underwent limited land reorganisation in the post-medieval period.
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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| SDV349081 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78017. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/78017 132-133 16-APR-1978. |
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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: | Aug 21 2018 11:35AM |
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