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Summary

Possible cultivation terraces or former field boundaries of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, at Knapp Farm. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
• CULTIVATION TERRACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The possible cultivation terraces or former field boundaries are visible as earthwork banks.

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

The possible cultivation terraces or former field boundaries are visible as earthwork banks. Map object partly based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2209 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The possible cultivation terraces or former field boundaries are visible as earthwork banks. Map object partly based on this source.

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 earthwork banks are visible.

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

Possible cultivation terraces or former field boundaries of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, at Knapp Farm. The linear and curvilinear earthworks occupy an area of approximately 0.97 hectares, are northeast to southwest aligned and are sited on and parallel to moderate northwest facing slope. The earthworks may represent a combination of lynchets and former field boundaries which passed out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. It is also possible, however, that some of the earthworks are the result of natural formation processes. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

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 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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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2209 08-SEP-2014.
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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