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Summary

Earthwork banks of probable 18th to 19th century date are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the south of Old Copse. The earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1963, although appear to have been completely levelled by 1985.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork banks occupy a single irregular shape field to the south of Old Copse.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3294-3295 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The earthwork banks are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F21 084-85 26-JUL-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

The earthwork banks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1985, OS/85043, OS/85043 020-21 07-MAY-1985 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356241.

The former earthworks appear to have been completely levelled.

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

Earthwork banks of probable 18th to 19th century date are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the south of Old Copse. The earthworks are sited in an area characterised by woodland both to the north (Old Copse) and east (Canterbury Green Plantation) and, as such, may represent the remains of woodland or plantation banks, the trees having been felled prior to the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. The earthwork banks occupy an area of approximately 1.30 hectares of moderate northwest facing slope, within a single irregular shaped plot. Other traces of linear features were also observed within adjacent fields, although it was unclear whether they represented similar such earthwork banked features or, more likely, evidence of cultivation marks and/or drains. The earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1963, although appear to have been completely levelled by 1985.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3294-3295 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #72066 ]
SDV354847	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F21 084-85 26-JUL-1963.
SDV356241	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1985. OS/85043. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/85043 020-21 07-MAY-1985.
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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