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Summary

Possible former field boundaries or lynchets of possible medieval origin are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as earthwork banks on north facing slopes of a combe between Holcombe Road and Teignmouth Road, Holcombe.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3079-3080 4-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Earthwork banks are visible.

Next Perspectives, 1999, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9574 25-JUN-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352113.

Subtle earthwork banks remain visible.

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

Possible former field boundaries or lynchets are visible as curvilinear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards on north facing slopes of a combe between Holcombe Road and Teignmouth Road, Holcombe.
The possible boundaries are not depicted on the Tithe Map for Dawlish which might support the interpretation that they had passed out of use by the mid-eighteenth century. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map depicts a leat or water channel crossing this area, which can be seen on aerial photographs of 1946 cutting the possible earthworks. The relict earthwork banks are interpreted as being probably of medieval origin. They remain visible as subtle earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in June 1999.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV352113	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 1999. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9574 25-JUN-1999.
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3079-3080 4-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #64788 ]

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)
• EDV4376 - Devon County Farms Historic Environment Audit, 2007

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