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Summary

Four curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval date, which became disused before the mid-nineteenth century. They are not visible on any later available aerial photographs and may have been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Warren and Co. Surveyors., 1844, First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts. (Cartographic). SDV349361.

No field boundaries are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5121-5122 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

Several conjoined linear banks are visible as cropmarks.

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

Four conjoined curvilinear banks, less than 2 metres in width, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The curvilinear shape closely matches the adjacent field boundaries depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping, and they are likely to be former field boundaries of medieval date. They are not depicted on the Tithe map of 1844 and therefore their use presumably pre-dates the mid-nineteenth century. They are not visible on any later available aerial photographs and may have been levelled in subsequent agricultural improvement operations.

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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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 5121-5122 19-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61759 ]
SDV349361	Cartographic: Warren and Co. Surveyors.. 1844. First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts.. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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