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Summary

Former plantation and possible field enclosure banks of probable 19th century date were visible on aerial photographs of the 1960s and digital images derived from lidar data as earthworks on north-east facing hill and combe slopes of Huxham Brake.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XVIII - 1540 AD? to 1800 AD? (Between))
• PLANTATION BANK (XIX - 1801 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

The earthwork banks largely correspond with enclosed area depicted and listed as Plantations, Brakes and Gardens.

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

Plantation was depicted as extending over the areas previously listed as Plantations, Brakes and Gardens.

Fairy Surveys Ltd, 1964, FSL/6412 V, FSL/6412 V 1079-1080 07-FEB-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357115.

Narrow earthwork banks defining geometrically shaped enclosures were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SX9496 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Fragmentary narrow earthwork banks defining geometrically shaped enclosures were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

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

Former plantation and possible field enclosure banks of probable 19th century date were visible as earthworks on north-east facing hill and combe slopes of Huxham Brake. Five of the earthwork banks defined the extent of plantations of triangular, circular and semi-circular plan, as depicted on the Tithe map for Huxham. Further relict banks were probably the remains of field boundaries and additional enclosures of earlier, possibly post-medieval to 19th century date, listed on the Tithe Apportionments as brakes or gardens, as was the land between the plantations. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map indicates that by the 1880s plantations had been extended to the brake and gardens, subsuming the earlier possibly ornamental planting.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
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 1079-1080 07-FEB-1964.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9496 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.

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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