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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork ditch, visible most clearly on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010, is interpreted as the remains of a removed medieval or post-medieval field boundary that passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location, although strip field boundaries are depicted to the west.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No features are depicted in this location, although strip field boundaries are depicted to the west.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/534, RAF/541/534 RP 4049-4050 30-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357615.

A curvilinear pale cropmark is visible.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0805 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible.

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

A curvilinear ditch, circa 5 metres in width, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1950 and as a broad shallow earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010. No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location on the available historic mapping, but the ditch is similar in morphology to other earthworks in the area that correspond to removed field boundaries depicted on the late-19th century map. The earthwork fits into the field pattern in this area, and is interpreted as the relict remains of a former medieval field boundary, which appears to have passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century. It is not clearly visible on other available aerial photographs, and earthworks are likely to be slight.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
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 ST0805 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #69173 ]
SDV357615	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/534. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/534 RP 4049-4050 30-MAY-1950.

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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