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Summary

A relict field boundary is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onward as a linear earthwork bank on the upper slopes of the western side of the Serridge valley. The date of the earthwork is not known but it is potentially medieval in date and had probably passed out of use before the end of the 19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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

The earthwork bank does not correspond with any depicted field boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3291-3292 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.

A narrow earthwork bank is visible on the uper slopes of the Serridge Valley.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5544 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

The possible former boundary remains visible as a low earthwork bank but is partly obscured by scrub vegetation.

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

A relict field boundary is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onward as a linear earthwork bank on the upper slopes of the western side of the Serridge valley, centred on circa SS55164440. The date of the earthwork is not known but it falls within a landscape zone characterised as medieval enclosure based on strip fields and is therefore potentially medieval in date, although a post-medieval origin may be more likely. The boundary is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map and had therefore probably passed out of use before the end of the 19th century. It remains visible as a low and eroded earthwork bank on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in May 2007.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV349927	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3291-3292 13-MAY-1946. [Mapped feature: #62682 ]
SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS5544 03-MAY-2007.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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