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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork bank or lynchet is visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005. It appears to have been part of a boundary around an oval enclosure, this section of which passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of relict boundary of possible curvilinear Enclosure and/or lynchet, west of Northcott House

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1289-1290 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354842.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0812 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A curvilinear bank or lynchet is visible as an earthwork.

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

A curvilinear earthwork, circa 4 metres in width, is visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005. Apparently converging with the curvilinear field boundaries along the road to the north and the east, it may be the relict earthwork remains of a boundary bank around an oval-shaped parcel of land to the south-west. This oval area appears to be slightly higher than the small triangular area to the north-east of the earthwork, perhaps a result of cultivation creating a lynchet, although is possible that the oval enclosure could have been an early settlement site. The curvilinear earthwork is not depicted on the Tithe Map, so presumably passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century, although earthworks appear to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV354842	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1289-1290 11-APR-1947.
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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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0812 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005. [Mapped feature: #67260 ]

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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