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| HER Number: | MDV102269 |
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| Name: | Post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage earthworks to the west of Limebury Farm, 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 to the 1970s as low banks and gulleys to the west of Limebury Farm, Parkham.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 359 220 |
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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 5083-5084 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1967, MAL/67007, NMR RAF MAL/67007 123-124 08-FEB-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349066.
Narrow ridge and furrow earthworks are visible as low, subtle earthworks..
Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78038, NMR OS/78038 208-209 10-MAY-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349082.
The earthworks are not 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 west of Limebury Farm, Parkham. The subtle earthworks are orientated roughly north-east to south-west, across a small irregularly shaped field approximately 1.1 hectares in area. They are most recently visible on aerial photographs of 1978, after which they cannot be clearly seen.
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 123-124 08-FEB-1967. |
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| SDV349082 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78038. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/78038 208-209 10-MAY-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 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: | May 10 2012 3:59PM |
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