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Summary

Several linear earthwork banks and ditches, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947, are interpreted as post-medieval or modern wood banks. They are not visible on later available aerial photographs due to increased tree cover.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WOOD BANK (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1932 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4291-4292 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Linear earthwork banks and dicthes are visible.

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

Several linear earthwork banks and ditches, aligned perpendicular to the slope, are visible on the hillside south of Blackborough Common on aerial photographs taken in 1947. In some cases the banks, circa 1.5 metres in width, appear to have narrow drainage ditches on one side. Two boundaries appear to have been comprised of double linear ditches sited 3 metres apart, and these may have flanked a boundary bank that has since been removed or denuded. The earthworks are sited within woodland of variable density, and the most likely interpretation is post-medieval or modern wood banks. The earthworks are not visible on later available aerial photographs due to increased tree cover.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. 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 4291-4292 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #68222 ]
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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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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