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Summary

Earthwork banks of possible medieval to post-medieval field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, at Payne’s Place Farm. The earthworks remain partly visible on Lidar-derived images of 1998-2014, although the western extent of the earthworks has been levelled following extension of the farm buildings.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A short section of the earthwork bank is depicted as a field boundary on the Axminster Parish Tithe Map of approximately 1838-48.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3202-03 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

The earthwork banks of possible former field boundaries are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY3298 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The possible former field boundaries remain partly visible as earthwork banks, although have been partly levelled following extension of the farm buildings.

Richard Sims, 2015-2016, Marshwood Vale National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Interpretation). SDV359291.

Earthwork banks of possible medieval to post-medieval field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, at Payne’s Place Farm. The two earthworks comprise a single L-shaped earthwork bank, which is northwest to southeast aligned with a short return to the southwest at its northwest extent, and a shorter northeast to southwest aligned bank located to the north of this earthwork. The earthwork banks closely respect the historic field patterns depicted on the Axminster Parish Tithe Map of approximately 1838-48 and classified as 'medieval enclosures based on strip fields' under the Historic Landscape Characterisation project. The former field boundaries, other than a short section of the L-shaped earthwork, appear however to have passed out of use by this time. The northern of the two earthworks is closely parallel to a curvilinear boundary on its western side and may have defined a former double-banked access track or hollow-way leading up to Payne’s Place Farm. The earthworks remain partly visible on Lidar-derived images of 1998-2014, although the western extent of the earthworks has been levelled following extension of the farm buildings.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6873 - Marshwood Vale National Mapping Programme project (Ref: ACD1260)

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