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Summary

Several curvilinear cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 2010, are tentatively interpreted as having formed over the remains of a pre-19th century field system. However the cropmarks are somewhat interrupted and it is possible that some at least have a geological origin.

Location

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

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

No boundaries are depicted in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84168, OS/84168 V 002-003 03-Jul-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354845.

Several pale and dark curvilinear cropmarks are visible.

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 421-422 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

A double dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9485 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

A double dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

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

Several curvilinear cropmarks, circa 2-3 metres wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 2010. In the north of the area they are dark, typical of cropmarks that would have formed over a buried ditch, and in the south they are very pale suggesting a compacted surface or the remains of a bank. There are two parallel possible ditches circa 9 metres apart, the northernmost with one or possibly two perpendicular spurs, and the possible banks are also parallel to each other and circa 8 metres apart. They do not correspond to any boundaries depicted on the available historic mapping, and may be from an earlier field system of perhaps prehistoric or Romano-British date. However the cropmarks are somewhat interrupted and it is possible that some at least have a geological origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV354845	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84168. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/84168 V 002-003 03-Jul-1984. [Mapped feature: #72390 ]
SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 421-422 24-JUL-1999.
SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9485 22-MAY-2010.
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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