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| HER Number: | MDV102459 |
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| Name: | Possible former field boundary north of Trew Farm |
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Summary
A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is very tentatively interpreted as the remains of a medieval or post-medieval field boundary bank and ditch that went out of use before the mid nineteenth century, but an alternative explanation is that it is a modern trackway.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 295 213 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS22SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hartland |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1844 AD (Between))
Full description
Warren and Co. Surveyors., 1844, First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts. (Cartographic). SDV349361.
No field boundary is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1631, NMR RAF 106G/UK/1631 1064-1065 08-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349549.
A curvilinear ditch or track is visible as a cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A dark curvilinear cropmark, approximately 2.5 metres in width and aligned approximately east to west, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. A possible gateway through a field boundary is visible at its eastern end, and it is possible that the cropmark has formed over a wet compacted trackway. However it could be the remains of a grubbed out field boundary bank and ditch. The curvilinear form suggests it could have a medieval date, and as it is not depicted on the 1844 Tithe map any boundary here went out of use before the mid nineteenth century. However interpretation is tentative for the reasons outlined above.
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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| SDV349361 | Cartographic: Warren and Co. Surveyors.. 1844. First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts.. Tithe Map. |
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| SDV349549 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1631. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF 106G/UK/1631 1064-1065 08-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #61913 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 6 2012 12:24PM |
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