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HER Number:MDV103516
Name:Former Field Boundary South-West of Welcombe Cross

Summary

A former field boundary of medieval or later date is visible as a cropmark bank on aerial photographs, and is likely to have gone out of use by the mid nineteenth century.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 263 177
Map Sheet:SS21NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWelcombe
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishHARTLAND
Ecclesiastical ParishWELCOMBE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • MORPH: DE.122.1.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The bank does not correspond with any depicted field boundaries.


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

A single linear feature defined by 1 bank, maximum length 285 metres. No aerial photograph reference is attributed to this site, which is recorded as a cropmark field boundary bank of medieval or later date.


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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location on the Tithe map, and this bank is likely to be the remains of a field boundary that went out of use by the mid nineteenth century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
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. [Mapped feature: #63019 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 3 2013 2:52PM