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Summary

A relict post-medieval or modern field boundary on Saunton Down is visible as a linear earthwork on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and 1950s. It is likely to have become disused before the mid nineteenth century, although remains may survive below the vegetation cover.

Location

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

Alex Doull, 1841, Part 1 Plan of the Parish of Braunton in the County Devon (Cartographic). SDV349930.

No field boundary is depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S171, NMR RAF/5171 24-25 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349056.

A linear earthwork bank is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1952, RAF/540/949, NMR RAF/540/949 5080 24-NOV-1952 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349761.

A linear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Royal Air Force, 1957, RAF/58/2205 F21, NMR RAF/58/2205 F21 0080-0081 05-JUL-1957 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349736.

A linear earthwork bank is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2001, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4437 22-MAY-2001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349376.

The ground surface is obscured by scrub growth.

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

A linear earthwork bank, up to 4 metres wide and 150 metres in length, is visible on the hillside above Saunton Sands on aerial photographs taken between 1941 and 1952. The bank is straight and contiguous with an extant boundary to the north and is interpreted as a post-medieval or modern field boundary bank. No boundary is depicted in this location on the 1841 Tithe map, suggesting that it had become degraded and fallen out of use prior to the mid nineteenth century. Survival of the earthworks is not clear, as the area is now obscured by scrub growth.

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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SDV349056	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S171. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/5171 24-25 01-JUN-1941.
SDV349376	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2001. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4437 22-MAY-2001.
SDV349736	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1957. RAF/58/2205 F21. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2205 F21 0080-0081 05-JUL-1957.
SDV349761	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1952. RAF/540/949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/540/949 5080 24-NOV-1952. [Mapped feature: #62511 ]
SDV349930	Cartographic: Alex Doull. 1841. Part 1 Plan of the Parish of Braunton in the County Devon. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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