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| HER Number: | MDV105353 |
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| Name: | A Possible Wood-Bank on the High Land of Orcombe |
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Summary
A possible wood-bank of probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as an earthwork bank enclosing the northern corner of a field on the High Land of Orcombe. The bank is now obscured by scrub vegetation.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 023 797 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY07NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exmouth |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LITTLEHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WOOD BANK (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1946 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3025-3026 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
An earthwork bank 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 possibly ditch defined earthwork bank enclosing approximately 700 square metres of the northern corner of a field on the High Land of Orcombe is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The surrounding field system has been characterised as Barton Fields and were probably enclosed in the post-medieval period. The earthwork bank is therefore probably of post-medieval or later date. It might have been made as a wood-bank to enclose a small copse. The bank is now obscured by scrub vegetation.
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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| SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3025-3026 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #64804 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 6 2013 11:18AM |
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