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Summary

A possible water meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the north of Last Bridge. By 1969, the earthwork ditches have been largely levelled following construction of the M5 motorway, although a single ditch remains partly visible up until 2005.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATER MEADOW (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3132-33 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356899.

The possible water meadow is visible as a series of earthwork ditches.

Ordnance Survey, 1967, OS/67039 V, OS/67039 V 132-33 18-APR-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356901.

The possible water meadow is visible as a series of earthwork ditches.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69302, OS/69302 V 043-44 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357088.

The possible water meadow has been largely levelled following construction of the M5, although a single earthwork ditch remains visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0206 Environment Agency DSM 19-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

A single earthwork ditch remains visible.

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

A possible water meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the north of Last Bridge. The parallel earthwork ditches are broadly north to south aligned and cover an area of approximately 1.19 hectares of gently slope on the western side of the River Culm. It is largely unclear how this possible water meadow system may have operated, although does appear to have tapped a drain to the immediate north. A broad V-shaped ditch to the northeast of this system may have formed part of this system, or equally served as a drain feeding into the River Culm. The possible water meadow system remains visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs up until 1967, although by 1969 has been largely levelled following construction of the M5 motorway, although the broad V-shaped earthwork ditch remains partly visible. This single ditch remains visible on digital images derived from Lidar data captured during 2005.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV356899	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3132-33 13-APR-1947.
SDV356901	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67039 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/67039 V 132-33 18-APR-1967. [Mapped feature: #67241 ]
SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0206 Environment Agency DSM 19-DEC-2005.
SDV357088	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69302. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/69302 V 043-44 29-JUN-1969.

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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