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Summary

Four curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs intermittently between 1946 and 2007, are likely to be relict medieval field boundaries. The banks are clearly visible as earthworks on images derived from Lidar data captured in 2007, and are likely to survive well.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4023-4024 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.

One curvilinear bank is clearly visible as an earthwork, the ground surface is obscured further to the east.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89114, NMR OS/89114 676-677 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350315.

Four curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 2007, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS4444 Environment Agency D0086292 29-30-SEP-2007 (Cartographic). SDV350308.

Four curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4544 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349344.

Four curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Four curvilinear earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs between 1989 and 2007 on the west-facing side of the hill above Barricane Beach. They measure between 30 and 70 metres in length and circa 5 metres in width, spaced between 35 and 55 metres apart. They are aligned broadly, but not strictly, along the contour, and are likely to be relict field boundaries created during exploitation of this now marginal land in the medieval period. The westernmost is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, but the others were probably obscured by vegetation at this date. The banks are clearly visible as earthworks on images derived from Lidar data captured in 2007, and are likely to survive well.

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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SDV349344	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4544 04-MAY-2007.
SDV349996	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4023-4024 11-JUL-1946.
SDV350308	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2007. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS4444 Environment Agency D0086292 29-30-SEP-2007. [Mapped feature: #62725 ]
SDV350315	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89114. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89114 676-677 04-MAY-1989.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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