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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It encloses an area adjacent to the railway line and could be part of post-medieval reclamation works. The area has since been developed.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3322-3323 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1956, RAF/82/1401, RAF/82/1401 F21 0047-0048 24-APR-1956 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356129.

Part of the bank is visible as a slight earthwork.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 342-343 22-JAN-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

No earthworks are visible in this location.

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

A curvilinear earthwork bank, up to 4 metres in width, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1956. It encloses an area of approximately 0.4 hectares adjacent to the railway line, although its eastern extent may have been truncated by the railway line. It appears to be cut by a large straight drainage ditch and by several smaller linear drains, suggesting that it pre-dates the later nineteenth century drainage works, and may have been associated with post-medieval reclamation. It is not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1963 and the area has since been developed.

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
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3322-3323 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #65305 ]
SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 342-343 22-JAN-1963.
SDV356129	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1956. RAF/82/1401. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/82/1401 F21 0047-0048 24-APR-1956.

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)
• EDV5639 - Archaeological Investigation on Land Adjacent to Harbour Road, Seaton

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