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HER Number:MDV103434
Name:Former Field Boundary East of Mead

Summary

A former field boundary of probable medieval date is visible as a curvilinear earthwork bank on aerial photographs.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 215 177
Map Sheet:SS21NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWelcombe
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWELCOMBE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • MORPH: DE.121.4.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

A single linear feature defined by 1 bank, max. length 118m. Visible as an earthwork and transcribed from aerial photographs. Interpreted as a field boundary dating to the medieval or later period.


Knight, S., 2012, Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV350734.

No aerial photograph reference is attributed to this site, which appears from its shape to be a plough spread curvilinear medieval field boundary bank up to 11 metres in width.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV350734Interpretation: Knight, S.. 2012. Backlog Input Element of the North Devon Coast AONB National Mapping Programme Project. Digital.
SDV350748Archive - Survey: Cornwall County Council. 2002. Cornwall National Mapping Programme.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 17 2013 12:26PM