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Summary

The location of a removed field boundary of probable medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards as an earthwork ditch, to the south of Winscott, Alwington. The boundary was removed at some point between 1837 and 1890.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1890 AD)

Full description

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

The earthwork corresponds with a field boundary depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4039-4040 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.

An L-shaped earthwork ditch is visible to the south of Winscott.

GetMapping, 1999, 113/99, DCC GM 113/99 295-296 27-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349371.

Subtle earthworks are visible.

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

A former L-shaped field boundary of probable medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to 1999 as an earthwork ditch to the south of Winscott, Alwington. The earthwork corresponds with a boundary depicted on the 1837 tithe map for Alwington, but no boundary is depicted in this location on the Ordnance Survey 25inch first edition map of circa 1890. This supports the interpretation that the boundary was removed between 1837 and 1890. The earthwork remains visible as a subtle earthwork on aerial photographs until 1999, as do many of the surrounding boundaries visible on aerial photographs of 1946 which have also been removed by 1967. It is not visible on later aerial photographs available to the survey and has probably been levelled.

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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SDV349050	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4039-4040 12-OCT-1946.
SDV349341	Cartographic: 1837. Map of the Parish of Alwington in the county of Devon. Tithe Map.
SDV349371	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 113/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. DCC GM 113/99 295-296 27-JUL-1999.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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