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Summary

Possible former field boundaries potentially of medieval origin were visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as earthwork ditches and banks on the slopes of Honiton Hill, to the south-east of Hale Close Farm, Honiton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 1441-1442 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Linear and curvilinear low earthwork banks and shallow ditches were visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1993, OS/93256 V, OS/93256 V 23-24 29-JUN-1993 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359505.

Linear and curvilinear low earthwork banks and shallow ditches were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1700 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

Linear and curvilinear low earthwork banks and shallow ditches were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

Possible former field boundaries were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards as earthwork ditches and banks on the slopes of Honiton Hill, to the south-east of Hale Close Farm, Honiton. The earthwork remains do not correspond with any boundaries or enclosures depicted on the Tithe Map for Honiton and had therefore probably been removed prior to the 1840s. The relict remains do however fit within the field pattern depicted on the Tithe Map, which has been characterised as medieval enclosure based on strip fields, and are therefore potentially of medieval origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 1441-1442 11-APR-1947.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1700 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359505	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1993. OS/93256 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/93256 V 23-24 29-JUN-1993.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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