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| HER Number: | MDV103275 |
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| Name: | Catch Meadow North and East of Preston Farm |
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Summary
A probable simple post-medieval water meadow is visible as an earthwork ditch on aerial photographs leading from a nearby stream to the farmyard at Preston Farm, Kentisbury. It was probably simple form of a type of water meadow known as a catch meadow.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 625 429 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS64SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kentisbury |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTISBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1468265
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- WATER MEADOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1980, RAF CPE/UK/1980 3100-01 11-APR-1980 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350276.
A linear earthwork ditch is visible.
Cook, H. & Williamson, T. (eds.), 2007, Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation (Monograph). SDV349525.
Pages 1-7, 28-29
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A simple post-medieval water meadow is visible as an earthwork ditch on aerial photographs leading from a nearby stream towards the farmyard at Preston Farm, Kentisbury. Centred at approximately SS 6250 4299 the ditch runs in a south-westerly direction from a nearby stream for approximately 110 metres to a point adjacent to the farmyard. The ditch is not depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and the catch meadow might have passed out of use by the time the map was published in 1889.
This description has been adapted from a monument record originally created as part of the Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme (NMP) survey.
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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| SDV349525 | Monograph: Cook, H. & Williamson, T. (eds.). 2007. Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation. Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation. |
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| SDV350276 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1980. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF CPE/UK/1980 3100-01 11-APR-1980. [Mapped feature: #62748 ] |
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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: | Nov 23 2012 9:19AM |
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