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Summary

A linear earthwork bank is visible on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. It is interpreted as a medieval or post-medieval field boundary that fell into disuse in the second half of the nineteenth century, and earthwork remains are likely to survive below scrub cover.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

1837, Map of the Parish of Alwington in the county of Devon (Cartographic). SDV349341.

A field boundary is depicted.

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

No field boundary is depicted in this area of rough ground.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4001-4002 16-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.

A linear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 145-146 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.

The linear earthwork bank is clearly visible. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 272 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.

The linear earthwork bank is clearly visible. Map object based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3925 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

The southern part of the linear bank is visible as an earthwork, but the northern part is obscured by scrub growth.

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

A linear earthwork bank of approximately 3.5 metres in width is visible on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. It is mostly linear in form, aligned approximnately north to south up a valley slope, with a small dog-leg towards the southern, upper section. A field boundary is depicted in this location on the 1837 Tithe map, but the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping shows this area as rough ground with no field boundary, indicating that the boundary fell into disuse in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is probably a relict medieval or post-medieval field boundary. Earthwork remains are likely to survive, although partially obscured by scrub growth.

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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SDV349083	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79010. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79010 145-146 16-APR-1979.
SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3925 22-AUG-2007.
SDV349339	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4001-4002 16-APR-1946.
SDV349341	Cartographic: 1837. Map of the Parish of Alwington in the county of Devon. 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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