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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

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 5083-5084 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

Narrow and regular ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1967, MAL/67007, RAF MAL/67007 112-113 08-FEB-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349066.

The earthworks cannot be seen.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1971, MAL/71033, NMR MAL/71033 148-149 02-MAY-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349076.

Low earthworks are visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3622 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

No eathworks are visible.

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

Narrow ridge and furrow, probably created for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, is visible as earthwork banks and gulleys on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s to the 1970s, centred on circa SS36262289, some 200 metres to the north of Watershute Farm, Parkham parish.
The earthworks can be seen across a small rectilinear field approximately 0.27 hectares in area, orientated roughly north-east to south-west. The field is 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.
By 1971 the earthworks appear to have been reduced in height and on the most recent aerial photography available to the survey are no longer clearly identifiable.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349066	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1967. MAL/67007. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF MAL/67007 112-113 08-FEB-1967.
SDV349076	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL/71033. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR MAL/71033 148-149 02-MAY-1971.
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.
SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3622 22-AUG-2007.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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