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Summary

Earthwork banks of possible medieval cultivation terraces and or field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the northwest of Whitehorn’s Farm. The earthworks remain partly visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CULTIVATION TERRACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

One of the earthworks is depicted as a field boundary on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 1309-10 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Possible cultivation terraces and or field boundaries are partly visible as earthwork banks.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3800, RAF/39/3800 V 074-75 06-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359525.

Possible cultivation terraces and or field boundaries are visible as a series of earthwork banks.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2409 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

Possible cultivation terraces and or field boundaries are partly visible as earthwork banks.

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

Earthwork banks of possible medieval cultivation terraces and or field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, to the northwest of Whitehorn’s Farm. The parallel linear and curvilinear earthworks are northeast to southwest aligned and are situated on moderate northwest facing slope. One of the earthworks is clearly depicted as a field boundary on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map and is also extant on aerial photographs of 1947. The nature of the remaining earthworks is less clear, although if they similarly represent field boundaries then they have clearly passed out of use by this time. They may alternately represent strip lynchets, forming a series of cultivation terraces. The earthworks remain partly visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 1309-10 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 ST2409 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359525	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3800. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3800 V 074-75 06-OCT-1971.

Associated Monuments

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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