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HER Number: | MDV113023 |
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Name: | Possible Field System West of Trood House |
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Summary
A network of curvilinear cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1959 and 1975, is tentatively interpreted as a field system predating the medieval period. It may be associated with the field system and enclosures at Pond Farm to the west.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 924 888 |
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Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Exminster |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | EXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Cambridge University, 1959, CUC/ZS, CUCAP ZS89 06-JUL-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358891.
Three curvilinear dark cropmarks are cleary visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS/76072, OS/76072 V 009-010 28-MAY-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358872.
Dark curvilinear cropmarks are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
Several dark curvilinear cropmarks, covering an area of approximately three hectares, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1959 and 1976. In form they resemble the layout of a field system, but they do not closely correspond to the extant field system or that depicted on historic maps. This has been characterised as post-medieval, but includes some dog-legs and curvilinear boundaries perhaps more typical of medieval fields. The most likely interpretation on current evidence is that the cropmarks formed over boundary ditches of a field system that predated the medieval period.
Sources / Further Reading
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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SDV358872 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS/76072. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/76072 V 009-010 28-MAY-1976. [Mapped feature: #72367 ] |
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SDV358891 | Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1959. CUC/ZS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP ZS89 06-JUL-1959. |
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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)
Date Last Edited: | Aug 28 2019 10:43AM |
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