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HER Number: | MDV113353 |
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Name: | Catch Meadow off Oilmill Lane |
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Summary
A catch meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, off Oilmill Lane. It remains visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1969, although appears to have been levelled after this date.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 985 900 |
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Map Sheet: | SX99SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Clyst St. Mary |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CLYST ST.MARY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3398-99 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
The possible catch meadow is visible as partial earthwork ditches.
Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1969, MAL/69014, MAL/69014 140-41 05-MAR-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355379.
The possible catch meadow is visible as a series of earthwork ditches.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A catch meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, off Oilmill Lane. Most catch meadow systems are believed to date to the post medieval period, although it is likely that they were first developed in the medieval period. Catch meadows provided a simple, inexpensive and effective form of irrigation. When irrigation was required water was diverted from a source such as a pond, river, spring or spring-fed stream and passed along the meadow slopes via one or more of the gutters, which was then caused to overflow. The lower, roughly parallel gutters then ‘caught’ and redistributed water passing it evenly over the surface of a meadow below. The gently flowing water prevented the ground freezing in winter and encouraged early growth in spring, thereby providing extra feed for livestock, particularly important during the hungry gap of March and April. The catch meadow covers an area of approximately 1.05 hectares of gentle northwest facing slope. The system comprises a series of gutters which measure less than 2m in width and appear to tap a stream that flows from the southeast. It is unclear from the aerial photographs alone with which farm this water meadow system might have been associated with. Not being directly linked to a farmstead it probably operated as a ‘detached’ system. The catch meadow remains visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1969, although appears to have been levelled after this date.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3398-99 13-APR-1946. |
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SDV355379 | Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL/69014. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). MAL/69014 140-41 05-MAR-1969. [Mapped feature: #72689 ] |
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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)
Date Last Edited: | Sep 24 2015 11:26AM |
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