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| HER Number: | MDV102268 |
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| Name: | Post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage earthworks to the southwest of Higher Down, Parkham |
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Summary
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 low banks and gulleys to the southwest of Higher Down, Parkham.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 364 226 |
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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 1978 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 ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1967, MAL/67007, NMR RAF MAL/67007 122-123 08-FEB-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349066.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78017, NMR OS/78017 186-187 16-APR-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349081.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks remain 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 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 southwest of Higher Down, Parkham. The earthworks are relatively subtle, highlighted largely out by the growth of scrub along the low banks. The earthworks can be seen across a small rectilinear field approximately 0.8 hectares in area, orientated roughly north-west to south-east. They are most recently visible on aerial photographs of 1978
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). NMR RAF MAL/67007 122-123 08-FEB-1967. |
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| SDV349081 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78017. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/78017 186-187 16-APR-1978. |
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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: | May 10 2012 3:55PM |
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