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| HER Number: | MDV103374 |
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| Name: | Former Field Boundary East of Turnpike Cross |
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Summary
A former field boundary or double banked green lane of probable medieval origin is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1947. It is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1989 and may now be levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 488 436 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | West Down |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST DOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS44SE/116
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1838 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
No field boundary is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3072-3073 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.
A linear bank is visible as an earthwork.
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89114, NMR OS/89114 679-680 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350315.
A linear bank is visible as a cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A linear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs dating to 1947 and as a cropmark within a ploughed field on aerial photographs taken in 1989. The bank appears to be circa 7 metres in width and is contiguous with extant field boundaries to the north and south that are depicted in the Tithe map and characterised as medieval in origin. The boundary to the north appears to be a relict double banked green lane, and the width of the earthwork bank suggests that it may be the spread remains of the southern continuation of this former green lane. It presumably went out of use prior to the mid nineteenth century since no field boundary or trackway is depicted in this location on the Tithe map. It is likely to have been substantially levelled by 1989 when it is visible as a pale cropmark on aerial photographs, and its current survival is not known.
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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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV350315 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89114. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89114 679-680 04-MAY-1989. |
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| SDV350392 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3072-3073 19-MAY-1947. [Mapped feature: #62850 ] |
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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: | Dec 5 2012 4:26PM |
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