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Summary

A possible water meadow system of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the northeast of Colebrook. The water meadow system remains partly visible as a series of earthwork ditches on digital images derived from both Lidar data captured in 2005 and from aerial photographs taken in 2010.

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, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4307-08 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

The possible water meadow system is visible as a series of earthwork ditches. Map object based on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0106 Environment Agency DSM 19-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

The possible water meadow system is visible as a series of earthwork ditches. Map object based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0106 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

The possible water meadow system is partly visible as a series of earthwork ditches. Map object based on this source.

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

A possible water meadow system of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the northeast of Colebrook. This extensive system covers an area of approximately 12.14 hectares of easterly and westerly sloping ground either side of Cole Brook. It is largely unclear, however, how this system may have operated and what components of this system may have simply operated as land drainage. A number of parallel and narrow earthwork ditches which generally respect the landform to the northeast of the system most clearly resemble a water meadow system. These possible gutters appear to tap Cole Brook further upstream to the southwest. Earthwork ditches to the southwest, however, are less typical of a water meadow system, although may represent a local adaptation of some kind, with gutters which appear to tap a series of larger earthwork ditches either parallel or perpendicular to the slope. The possible water meadow system remains visible as a series of earthwork ditches on digital images derived from both Lidar data captured in 2005 and from aerial photographs taken in 2010. The eastern edge of the water meadow system appears, however, to have been partly levelled following landscaping and development of land into Padbrook Park Golf Centre.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0106 22-MAY-2010.
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
SDV356902	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4307-08 04-NOV-1946.
SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0106 Environment Agency DSM 19-DEC-2005.

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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