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Summary

Two linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1963 and on images derived from Lidar data captured between 1998 and 2007, are interpreted as relict medieval or post-medieval field boundary banks that went out of use by the mid nineteenth century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY BANK (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/58/5607, NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 343-344 22-JAN-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355896.

Two linear earthwork banks are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2007, Lidar data JPEG SY29SE DTM, LIDAR SY29SE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2007 (Cartographic). SDV356419.

Two linear earthwork banks 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 linear banks, up to 5.5 metres in width and 40 metres apart, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1963 and on images derived from Lidar data captured between 1998 and 2007. Nothing is depicted in this location on the late nineteenth century mapping, and the earthworks are tentatively interpreted as the remains of a medieval or post-medieval field boundary bank that passed out of use prior to the mid nineteenth century. The width of the banks suggests that they have been substantially spread and therefore fairly low in height, perhaps accounting for their limited visibility on the available images; they are only visible on aerial photographs taken in low light when snow was lying on the ground in 1963 and from Lidar.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV355896	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/58/5607. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/5607 F21 343-344 22-JAN-1963.
SDV356419	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2007. Lidar data JPEG SY29SE DTM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY29SE DTM Environment Agency 1998-2007. [Mapped feature: #66028 ]

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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