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Summary

A subrectangular ditched enclosure is visible as an earthwork on images derived from Lidar survey in 2007. It is not visible on aerial photographs, as it is masked by well established tree cover, but the most plausible interpretation is of a garden feature associated with the post-medieval and modern designed landscape at Clovelly. Earthworks are very likely to survive within the woodland.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
• GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
• SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors., 1840, Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon (Cartographic). SDV349395.

No enclosure is depicted in this location.

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

Oldpark Wood is named and symbolised as mixed woodland.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS3024 Environment Agency D0076579 24-MAR-2007 (Cartographic). SDV349139.

A subrectangular ditched enclosure, with an adjoining straight linear ditch, is visible as an earthwork.

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

A subrectangular ditched enclosure, approximately 60 metres by 50 metres with ditches circa 2.5 metres wide, is visible as an earthwork on images derived from Lidar survey in 2007. A straight linear ditch adjoins the western side at an oblique angle. The northern part of the enclosure may abut, or have been cut by, a routeway through Oldpark Wood which is depicted in 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey maps, but not the 1840 Tithe map. Although it is not depicted in the 1840 Tithe map the three sides of the enclosure are parallel to boundaries that are shown on the Tithe map and this suggests that the boundaries and the enclosure had a degree of contemporaneity. Its proximity to Clovelly Court and the nearby old garden 90 metres to the north, as well as the 'Oldpark' name of the woodland, are consistent with an interpretation as a garden feature associated with the designed landscape of Clovelly park. The relatively narrow and well-defined ditches upport a post-medieval or modern date for the feature. The enclosure is not visible on aerial photographs, as it is sited in woodland which was already established in the late nineteenth century, and this will have masked the feature from view on the ground and from the air. However there is high potential for earthwork remains to survive within the woodland.

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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SDV349139	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS3024 Environment Agency D0076579 24-MAR-2007. [Mapped feature: #61835 ]
SDV349395	Cartographic: T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors.. 1840. Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon. Tithe Map. Digital.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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