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Summary

A rectangular banked earthwork feature visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to the west of Watershute Farm, Parkham, might be the remains of building potentially of platforms medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING PLATFORM? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A rectangular earthwork platform is visible.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1971, MAL/71027 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349074.

The earthworks are not clearly visible.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution) (Cartographic). SDV349139.

Images derived from Lidardata indicate an earthwork survives in this location.

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

A rectangular earthwork platform is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to the west of Watershute farm, Parkham. The earthwork is divided by a narrow ditch or gulley, defining two smaller rectangular earthwork platforms, possibly the remains of building platforms of medieval date. The earthworks abut the line of a former curvilinear field boundary on their western side, removed at some time between the publication of the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map and 1946. The earthworks are not clearly visible on aerial photographs of 1971 or later, but Lidar images indicate an earthwork survives in this location.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV349074	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL/71027. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV349139	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.
SDV349143	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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