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Summary

Two parallel earthwork banks visible on aerial photographs of the 1970s might be the remains of field boundary banks or a former trackway of medieval or post-medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1837 AD)
• TRACKWAY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1837 AD)

Full description

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

No boundaries are depicted in this area, although there may be a relationship between the visible earthworks and a possible earlier route depicted to the north-west.

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

No boundaries are depicted in this location.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1971, MAL/71034, NMR MAL/71034 004 02-MAY-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349077.

Two roughly parallel earthwork banks are visible.

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

Two parallel earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs of 1971 to the south-east of Chiddlecombe Farm, Alwington. The banks are aligned roughly north-west to south-east, crossing the north-west facing slopes of a combe, to the south-east of a spring-fed stream which flows along the combe. The earthworks do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map of the late 19th century or the tithe map for Alwington of 1837. However, they do appear to be aligned upon similarly spaced parallel boundaries depicted on the 1837 tithe map on the north-western side of the stream, and they might be a former continuation of a possible ford or track that was superceded by the current route that curves to the west. The boundaries depicted on the tithe map have themselves been replaced by an orchard by the publication of the Ordnance Survey first edition 25inch map.

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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SDV349077	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL/71034. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR MAL/71034 004 02-MAY-1971.
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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