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Summary

Several dark linear and curvilinear cropmarks, visible only on aerial photographs taken in July 1946, are interpreted as having formed over the remains of removed field boundaries of possible medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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

Several linear and curvilinear field boundaries are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V 5386-5387 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357046.

Four parallel linear cropmarks and two curvilinear cropmarks are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Several dark linear and curvilinear cropmarks, up to 2 metres in width and aligned approximately north to south, are visible on aerial photographs taken in July 1946. Three correspond to field boundaries depicted on the Tithe map, whilst another three, all linear, do not. One of these terminates at its northern end at a dog-leg in the extant field boundary, and is on the same alignment as an extant field boundary to the north. The cropmarks are therefore interpreted as having formed over the remains of removed field boundaries of possible medieval date. A pale cropmark to the north of one of the dark linears may have formed over the remains of a former field boundary bank. The cropmarks are not visible on any later available aerial photographs and it is possible that the below-ground remains have been completely destroyed through ploughing. Only those that are not depicted on the historic maps have been transcribed.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357046	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V 5386-5387 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #67050 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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