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Summary

The possible remains of a post-medieval mill race and buildings are visible as dark cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947. Some parts appear to survive as substantial earthworks visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILL HOUSE? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• MILL RACE? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• TAIL RACE? (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.

Curvilinear field boundaries are depicted along part of the alignment of the cropmark visible on 1940s photographs.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3285-3286 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A dark curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark and earthwork, and two rectangular dark cropmarks flank the ditch. A roughly oval dark cropmark adjacent to one of the rectangular features may be an infilled pit.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0410 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 & 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork, but the area of cropmarks and earthworks to the west has been developed.

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

A curvilinear feature, circa 650 metres in length and 2 metres wide, is visible as a dark cropmark and earthwork ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1947 to the north of the Culm Valley Light Railway line near Langlands. The location adjacent to the watercourse suggests that this is the remains of a water channel, possibly a mill race associated with the 18th century Selgar’s Mill to the south-west, or connected to a mill that predates it. It appears to have been taken off the watercourse at approximately ST0579612016, although the railway line may have resulted in some realignment of watercourses in this area.
Two rectangular dark cropmarks adjoining the curvilinear ditch at ST0536511877 and ST0542111881 and measuring 8 by 20 metres and 16 by 25 metres respectively are of very regular shape and could possibly have formed over the remains of mill buildings. An oval dark cropmark immediately to the north-east of the latter has very clearly defined edges, possibly forming over an infilled pond.
None of the features are depicted on the available historic mapping, and they may therefore have fallen out of use before the mid 19th century, although field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map partly correspond to the line of the curvilinear ditch.
Although the western part of this feature, including the possible building locations, has been developed, parts of the ditch on the east appear to survive as substantial earthworks visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3285-3286 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #67395 ]
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 ST0410 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 & 05-MAR-2010.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV7278 - Evaluation: Land to the west of Harvesters, Uffculm (Ref: ACD1545/2/0)

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