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Summary

Evidence of former field boundaries of possible medieval origin was visible on aerial photographs and digital images derived from lidar data as broad but shallow earthwork ditches or hollows in the floodplain of the River Exe south of Lower Woodrow, Brampford Speke.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The ditches largely do not correspond with any depicted field boundaries.

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

The ditches do not correspond with any depicted field boundaries.

Fairy Surveys Ltd, 1964, FSL/6412 V, FSL/6412 V 1083-1084 07-FEB-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357115.

Linear earthwork ditches or gullies were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SX9296 & SX9296 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Linear earthwork ditches or gullies were visible.

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

Evidence of former field boundaries of possible medieval origin was visible on aerial photographs as shallow slightly curvilinear earthwork ditches or hollows between 15 to 20 metres wide in the floodplain of the River Exe south of Lower Woodrow, Brampford Speke. The gulleys are not depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map, and are largely not marked on the Tithe Map for Brampford Speke, but do fall within the extant field pattern shown, defining long and narrow field plots. This supports the interpretation that the earthworks are evidence of removed field boundaries and that they were part of a field pattern potentially based on the enclosure of medieval strip fields. The earthworks remained visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357115	Aerial Photograph: Fairy Surveys Ltd. 1964. FSL/6412 V. Fairy Surveys Ltd aerial photograph. Photograph (Paper). FSL/6412 V 1083-1084 07-FEB-1964.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9296 & SX9296 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #73092 ]

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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