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| HER Number: | MDV102297 |
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| Name: | Earthworks for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, north-east of Horns Cross, Alwington |
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Summary
Narrow ridge and furrow, probably created for post-medieval or modern agricultural improvement and drainage, is visible as earthwork banks on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s to the north-east of Horns Cross, Alwington.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 389 233 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS32SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Alwington |
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| Civil Parish | Parkham |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PARKHAM |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALWINGTON |
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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 5089-5090 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.
Earthwork narrow ridge and furrow is visible.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1966, MAL/66058, RAF MAL/58066 057-058 14-OCT-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349065.
The ridge and furrow is 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, are visible as earthwork banks on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s to the north-east of Horns Cross, Alwington.
The earthworks are orientated roughly north to south, covering an area of nearly 1.4 hectares.
The area of improvement corresponds with an area depicted as rough pasture on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map, published in the 1880s or 1890s, and may therefore post-date it’s publication. The ridges were probably made to facilitate drainage into a spring-fed stream which flows along a combe to the south. The earthworks appear to have been levelled on aerial photographs taken in 1968 and are not visible on the most recent aerial photographs available to the survey.
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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| SDV349065 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1966. MAL/66058. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF MAL/58066 057-058 14-OCT-1966. |
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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 5089-5090 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 11 2012 2:13PM |
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