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Summary

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 and on images derived from Lidar data captured between 1998 and 2007, are interpreted as relict medieval field boundary banks that passed out of use by the mid nineteenth century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSED FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in these locations.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3357-3358 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

Environment Agency, 2006, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SY2690 Environment Agency D0064559 21-APR-2006 (Cartographic). SDV355899.

Numerous curvilinear 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.

Twelve curvilinear earthwork banks, up to 4 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 and on images derived from Lidar data captured in 2006. They are parallel to the extant field boundaries in this area and are interpreted as relict boundary banks forming part of a medieval system of enclosed strip fields here. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping, although the extant boundaries are, indicating that they passed out of use by the mid nineteenth century. Two of the banks, at SY2624990739 and SY2630790736 are straighter, and these could post-date the medieval field system. Earthwork remains are highly likely to survive.

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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SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3357-3358 13-APR-1946.
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.
SDV355899	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2690 Environment Agency D0064559 21-APR-2006. [Mapped feature: #66042 ]

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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