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Summary

Narrow curvilinear ditches, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2012, are interpreted as catchmeadow gutters of probable 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of Catch (water)meadow system and cropmark of possible rectilinear Enclosure

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Several curvilinear and linear features are depicted within fields in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3253-3254 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Several curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SX9188 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 03-MAY-1998 to JAN-FEB 2012 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

Several curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

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

Narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2012, around a hillside south of Shillingford Abbot. Covering more than 8 hectares, they are broadly parallel to the contour and are interpreted as catchmeadow gutters of probable 19th century date. The water sorce may be from several different natural water courses to the north along Waybrook Lane, and one may have originated from the former farmstead at Shillingford Abbot, perhaps operating as an ‘integrated’ system that mixed manure with water to fertilise and irrigate the land on the slopes to the south. As the gutters are depicted on the historic mapping they have not been transcribed as part of this project.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #72233 ]
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3253-3254 13-APR-1946.
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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SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9188 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 03-MAY-1998 to JAN-FEB 2012.

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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