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Summary

An earthwork mound and parallel linear ditches are likely to be part of a drainage system established before the late nineteenth century and possibly recut by 1946. The earthworks were probably destroyed during pond creation.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DRAINAGE SYSTEM (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Two parallel offset linear features are depicted as solid lines.

Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 3073-3074 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.

The earthwork mound and ditches are visible to the north of several linear ditches manifesting as cropmarks.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3280-3281 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.

Two linear ditches are visble as earthworks to the west of a roughly rectangular earthwork mound.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4744 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349344.

The site has been developed and a large pond now covers this area.

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

A roughly rectangular earthwork mound 12 by 8 metres in size is visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s immediately to the east of two narrow east to west aligned parallel ditches, 50 metres in length. These are partially depicted on 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey maps and are likely to be part of a drainage system established by the late nineteenth century. They connect to a complex of linear cropmark ditches in herringbone design visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 and may have been recut in the Second World War, with the spoil deposited as a mound. The earthworks are likely to have been levelled when a pond was constructed in this location.

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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SDV349344	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4744 04-MAY-2007.
SDV349927	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3280-3281 13-MAY-1946. [Mapped feature: #62863 ]
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 3073-3074 19-MAY-1947.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)

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