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| HER Number: | MDV102259 |
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| Name: | Earthworks for agricultural improvement, west of Swanton Farm |
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Summary
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks, probably created for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, is visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s as banks and gulleys to the west of Swanton Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 355 225 |
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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, 1966, MAL/66058, NMR MAL/66058 054-055 14-OCT-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349065.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are not visible, and development of the farmstead has expanded into this field.
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, is visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s as banks and gulleys to the west of Swanton Farm. The earthworks can be seen across a small rectilinear field approximately 0.5 hectares in area, orientated roughly north to south. By 1966 development has begun within the field, possibly an expansion of Swanton Farm, and the earthworks are no longer visible.
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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| SDV349065 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1966. MAL/66058. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR MAL/66058 054-055 14-OCT-1966. |
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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: | Jul 4 2012 4:03PM |
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