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Summary

Two intersecting earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007, and are interpreted as relict field boundary banks. They may be medieval or post-medieval in date, but could possibly be a component of a larger prehistoric co-axial field system. One bank is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2007 and earthworks are very likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COAXIAL FIELD SYSTEM? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• 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 boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1631, NMR RAF 106G/UK/1631 3070-3071 08-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349549.

Two linear banks are visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS2722 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

A linear bank 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.

Two intersecting linear banks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 are interpreted as relict field boundaries. One is aligned approximately east to west, and another runs south from it at approximate right angles. They presumably pre-date the 1844 Tithe map as they are not depicted on it, and may be medieval or post-medieval in date. However their layout is on approximately the same alignment as a similar complex to the east, which could possibly be part of a prehistoric co-axial field system, and it is conceivable that they could have a Bronze Age or Iron Age date. One bank is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2007 and earthworks are likely to survive.

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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SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS2722 22-AUG-2007.
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.
SDV349549	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1631. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF 106G/UK/1631 3070-3071 08-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #61916 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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