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Summary

Two roughly parallel narrow ditches are visible as earthworks on the High Land of Orcombe on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 1999. The ditches might be evidence of a small catch meadow of post medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1999 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3039-3040 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The linear earthwork ditches are incompletely visible.

Next Perspectives, 1999, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY0279 25-JUN-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352113.

Two linear earthwork ditches are visible.

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

Two roughly parallel narrow ditches are visible as earthworks on the High Land of Orcombe on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 1999. The ditches are roughly 15 metres apart and fall slightly downslope of the contours on the north facing slope of a shallow dry combe. Although no evidence of a water supply is apparent the earthworks might be the remains of gutters, possible evidence for a small catch meadow of probable post medieval date. The possible gutters are not clearly visible on earlier images available to the survey and field investigation is recommended.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV352113	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 1999. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SY0279 25-JUN-1999. [Mapped feature: #64805 ]
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3039-3040 13-APR-1946.

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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