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| HER Number: | MDV102262 |
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| Name: | Narrow ridge and furrow for agricultural improvement and drainage, east of Higher Worthygate 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 to the east of Higher Worthygate Farm on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s. The earthworks have possibly now been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 368 234 |
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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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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PARKHAM |
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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 1967 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5085-5086 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Narrow and regular ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1967, MAL/67007, RAF MAL/67007 111-112 08-FEB-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349066.
The earthworks cannot be seen.
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 on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s as banks and gulleys. The roughly north to south orientated earthworks are roughly 8 metres apart, and can be seen across approximately 1.25 hectares of a small rectilinear field to the east of Higher Worthygate Farm. The earthworks are no longer visible by 1967 and might have been levelled by later improvements. Howeverthis may be an effect of the direction of light on the available images and field investigation is needed to assess the survival of the earthworks.
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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| SDV349066 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1967. MAL/67007. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF MAL/67007 111-112 08-FEB-1967. |
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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 5085-5086 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: | Mar 12 2015 3:28PM |
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