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Summary

A dark linear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1991, is tentatively interpreted as having formed over the ditch of a former boundary, possibly of post-medieval date, which went out of use prior to the late-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1046388

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location.

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location.

Devon County Council, 1991, DAP 13458, DAP 13458/13-14 03-JUN-1991 (UN) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358729.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

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

A dark linear cropmark, circa 1 metre wide and aligned roughly east to west, is visible on aerial photographs taken in the summer of 1991. It is better defined than the numerous irregular cropmarks in this field that are likely to be geological in origin, and it may have formed over the remains of an enclosure ditch. No field boundaries are depicted in this location on the available 19th century mapping, although a straight boundary on a similar alignment is depicted in the field immediately to the west. The cropmark is tentatively interpreted as having formed over a post-medieval field boundary ditch that went out of use prior to the mid-19th century. However potential for prehistoric features is demonstrated by the probable prehistoric features in the field to the east, and as the cropmark is visible on so few photographs, interpretation is cautious.

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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SDV358729	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1991. DAP 13458. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 13458/13-14 03-JUN-1991 (UN). [Mapped feature: #72115 ]

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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