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Summary

Several possible strip lynchets of probable medieval date are visible on aerial photographs as low earthworks in a field to the west of Kentisbury Town, Kentisbury. The earthworks are very similar to the strip lynchets which surround the deserted settlement of North Thorne, some 4km to the south-east.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of four north-south oriented (15m wide and 115m long) medieval strip lymchets (agricultural cultivation banks), south -east of South Ley farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1468380

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LYNCHET? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted map objects.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF 543/2821 F66, NMR RAF/543/2821 (F66) 0195-96 27-APR-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350307.

At least for roughly north to south orientated low earthwork banks are visible.

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

Several possible strip lynchets of probable medieval date are visible on aerial photographs of 1964 as low earthworks in a field to the west of Kentisbury Town, Kentisbury. Centred at approximately SS 6160 4403 the earthworks might be the remains of up to four medieval strip lynchets lynchets, running north-south, and measuring up to 115 metres long and 15 metres wide. The lynchets are not depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, suggesting they had been abandoned some time prior to the publication of the map in 1889. The earthworks are very similar to those which surround the deserted settlement of North Thorne, some 4km to the south-east.
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

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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SDV350307	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. RAF 543/2821 F66. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/543/2821 (F66) 0195-96 27-APR-1964.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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