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Summary

A possible former field or enclosure boundary is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in May 1951, to the east of Higher Gabwell, Torbay. The cropmark is not visible on later aerial photographs.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1850 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The cropmark does not correspond with any depicted field boundary.

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

The cropmark does not correspond with any depicted field boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/58/680, RAF/58/680 4055-4056 15-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351617.

An L-shaped cropmark is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A possible former field or enclosure boundary is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1951, to the east of Higher Gabwell, Torbay. The pale cropmark could be interpreted as evidence of a levelled field boundary bank which had previously subdivided the larger field of probable post-medieval date in which it is visible. The cropmark is not visible on any later images available to the survey and does not correspond with boundaries depicted on the Tithe map or Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. This might support the interpretation that the boundary earthwork had passed out of use prior to the mid-nineteenth century and was levelled by ploughing. Alternatively, it is possible that the cropmark was agricultural in origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351617	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/58/680. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/680 4055-4056 15-MAY-1951.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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