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| HER Number: | MDV103292 |
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| Name: | Drain or Catch Meadow South of Higher Sandpark |
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Summary
A probable medieval or post medieval water channel is visible as an earthwork in a field to the south of Higher Sandpark, Kentisbury. Its precise date and function is not clear, but it may be related to drainage or irrigation, possibly being the remains of a catchwater meadow system, used to distribute flowing water over a field to prevent the ground freezing in winter and encourage early growth in spring, thereby providing extra feed for livestock.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 618 430 |
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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: 1468177
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- DRAIN? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4050-51 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.
A linear earthwork ditch is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A water channel of probable post medieval date is visible as an earthwork in a field to the south of Higher Sandpark, Kentisbury. Centred at approximately SS 6187 4308 the ditch runs in a north-south direction for 110 metres and measures approximately 1.5 metres wide. Its precise date and function is not clear, although it may be related to irrigation or drainage. It may also represent the remains of a catchwater meadow system, used to distribute flowing water over a field to prevent the ground freezing in winter and encourage early growth in spring, thereby providing extra feed for livestock. It appears to connect to the yard at Higher Sandpark, suggesting that it may have been an integrated catchwater meadow, which also distributed liquid manure to the field. The ditch is not depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 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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| SDV349996 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4050-51 11-JUL-1946. |
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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: | Aug 15 2017 5:09PM |
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