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| HER Number: | MDV102786 |
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| Name: | Former field boundary west of Westleigh |
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Summary
A probable former field boundary is visible as a pale linear cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1979. It is likely to have formed over a post-medieval field boundary that went out of use before the mid nineteenth century. Below ground remains may survive.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 465 285 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Westleigh |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WESTLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1841 AD (Between))
Full description
George Braund & Henry Hearn, 1841, Map of the Parish of Westleigh in the County of Devon (Cartographic). SDV350118.
No field boundary is depicted in this location.
Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 060-061 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.
A pale linear cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A probable former field boundary bank, circa 2 metres wide, is visible as a pale linear cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1979. It is perpendicular to a field boundary to the south that is depicted on the 1841 Tithe map, and which manifests in a similar way on the aerial photographs. It is therefore likely that the cropmark has formed over a post-medieval field boundary bank that that went out of use prior to the mid nineteenth century. It is not visible on other available aerial photographs, so this interpretation is tentative, but it is possible that below ground remains may 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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| SDV349083 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79010. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79010 060-061 16-APR-1979. [Mapped feature: #62280 ] |
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| SDV350118 | Cartographic: George Braund & Henry Hearn. 1841. Map of the Parish of Westleigh in the County of Devon. Tithe Map. Map (Digital). |
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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: | Sep 18 2012 2:48PM |
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