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Summary

A U-shaped bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 1971. It is marked on historic mapping from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century as a roughly oval banked earthwork. It is interpreted as a modern reservoir of probable nineteenth century date. Scrub growth obscured the ground surface on aerial photographs taken in 2007, but earthworks are likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS22SE/41

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RESERVOIR (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

An oval banked earthwork is depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1906, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV340049.

An oval banked earthwork, with dashed line to indicate its northern extent, is depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158, DCC RAF/3G/TUD/UK/158 5177-5178 19-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349143.

A banked earthwork is visible.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1971, MAL/71031, NMR OS/71031 025-026 28-APR-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349075.

A U-shaped bank is visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3122 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

No earthworks are visible, but the area is covered with scrub which obscures the ground surface.

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

A U-shaped bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 1971. It is marked on historic mapping from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century as a roughly oval banked earthwork of approximately 23 by 15 metres. The aerial photographs indicate that it was open at its northern, highest, end, with a small opening through the south-west corner of the bank. The shape of the feature is similar to probable nineteenth century reservoirs located on Summerland Moor, although they are larger, and this earthwork may have served a similar function. Scrub growth obscured the ground surface on aerial photographs taken in 2007, but earthworks are likely to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV340049	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1906. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper). [Mapped feature: #61906 ]
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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SDV349075	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL/71031. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/71031 025-026 28-APR-1971.
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 5177-5178 19-APR-1946.
SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3122 22-AUG-2007.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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