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Summary

Former field boundaries of potential medieval date are visible as a series of earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the southeast of Highley Farm. The earthworks remain clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured ion 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

The field boundaries are mostly not depicted on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1307-08 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The former field boundaries are partly visible as earthwork banks. The eastern most field boundary is, however, still extant.

Hunting Surveys Limited, 1982, HSL/UK/82/45, HSL/UK/82/45 V 1000-01 27-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359526.

The former field boundaries are visible as a series of earthwork banks. Map object partly based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96570, OS/96570 V 135-36 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359489.

The former field boundaries are visible as a series of earthwork banks.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2209 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The former field boundaries are visible as earthworks. Map object partly based 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.

Former field boundaries of potential medieval or post-medieval date are visible as a series of earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the southeast of Highley Farm. The linear and curvilinear earthworks are broadly northeast to southwest and northwest to southeast aligned and occupy an area of approximately 6.7 hectares of land. The field boundaries clearly form part of a field system, although appear to have largely passed out of use by the time of the Parish Tithe Map, with the exception of the eastern-most field boundary which remains extant up to the mid- 20th century. The Historic Landscape Characterisation project classifies this area as comprising ‘Medieval enclosures based on strip fields’. The earthworks remain clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1307-08 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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SDV359489	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96570. Ordnance Survey. OS/96570 V 135-36 08-MAY-1996.
SDV359526	Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1982. HSL/UK/82/45. Hunting Aero Surveys Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). HSL/UK/82/45 V 1000-01 27-AUG-1982.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2209 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016.

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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