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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 and as possible cropmarks on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1984, to the south of Bolham.

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/3G/TUD/UK/221 V, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/221 V 5401-02 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357046.

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

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 3581/, DAP 3581/01 27-JUL-1984 (DM) (Aerial Photograph). SDV356989.

The former water meadow system is visible as a series of possible cropmarks.

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 and as possible cropmarks on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1984, to the south of Bolham. The fragmented system occupies an area of approximately 3.6 hectares of fairly level floodplain, on the eastern side of the River Exe. It is visible as a series of linear north to south aligned ditches which are parallel to a number of drains depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, with which the system was possibly associated. It is largely unclear, however, how this possible water meadow may have operated, although it seems likely that it was fed by a drain or drains which tapped the River Exe further upstream to the north, redistributing the flow of water across the floodplain. The earthwork ditches appear to have been levelled after 1946, although remain visible as a series of possible cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs of 1984.

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
SDV356989	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 3581/. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3581/01 27-JUL-1984 (DM).
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 5401-02 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #67969 ]

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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