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| HER Number: | MDV102258 |
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| Name: | Earthworks for agricultural improvement, south of Swanton Farm |
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Summary
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks, probably created for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, are visible as banks and gulleys on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s to the south of Swanton Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 355 222 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS32SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Parkham |
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| Civil Parish | Woolfardisworthy (Mid Devon) |
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| Civil Parish | Woolfardisworthy (North Devon) |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PARKHAM |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOOLFARDISWORTHY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (Post Roman to XX - 410 AD to 1971 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5083-5084 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1967, MAL/67066 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349069.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible. The line of later, modern drains is also visible as cropmarks.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1971, MAL/71033 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349076.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are not visible, and have probably been levelled by modern improvements.
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 created for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, are visible as banks and gulleys on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s, centred on circa SS35492226, to the south of Swanton Farm. The earthworks are visible over five fields, arrayed around the head of a small combe, along which runs a spring-fed stream. The spring which feed the stream rises immediately to the west. The ridges appear to be aligned to facilitate drainage into the stream. The affected fields are depicted as rough or unimproved ground on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map of 1880s-1890s, which might support the interpretation that the visible improvements were installed after this date. Little evidence of the earthworks remains visible on aerial photographs taken from 1966 onwards.
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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| SDV349069 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1967. MAL/67066. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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| SDV349076 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL/71033. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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| 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 5083-5084 19-APR-1946. |
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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: | Jun 18 2014 8:57AM |
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