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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork ditch, visible 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 a strip field is depicted immediately to the west.

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

The field is depicted as orchard.

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

A possible earthwork ditch and bank is visible, but orchard trees obscure the ground surface.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0706 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, up to 6 metres in width, is visible as a broad shallow earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010; the ground surface is obscured by the tree canopy on earlier available aerial photographs. No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location on the available historic mapping. However the ditch is parallel to an extant field boundary circa 18 metres to the west, which forms the eastern edge of a narrow land parcel of medieval strip field origin, itself 18 metres in width. The ditch therefore fits well into the historic field pattern in this area, and is interpreted as the relict remains of a former boundary based on a medieval strip field, which appears to have passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

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 ST0706 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #69176 ]
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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