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| HER Number: | MDV103440 |
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| Name: | Former Field System North-East of Welcombe Mouth |
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Summary
The ditches of former curvilinear field boundaries are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and are interpreted as part of a medieval or post-medieval field system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 214 180 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS21NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Welcombe |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WELCOMBE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of sub-square Enclosure, north of Welcombe Mouth
Other References/Statuses
- MORPH: DE.121.6.1
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4008-4009 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.
Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.
Parallel linear features each defined by 1 ditch, max. length 100m, are visible as earthworks and cropmarks and transcribed from aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are interpreted as former field boundaries of probable medieval or later date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349050 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4008-4009 12-OCT-1946. [Mapped features: #62923 ; #62924 ; #62925 ] |
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| SDV350748 | Archive - Survey: Cornwall County Council. 2002. Cornwall National Mapping Programme. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 18 2018 4:32PM |
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