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Summary

Field boundaries of probable medieval origin were visible as earthwork banks and ditches on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data, overlooking the River Otter to the north-west of Cheney’s Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3441-3442 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Low earthwork banks were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1701 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359178.

Lowcurvilinaer earthwork banks and slight ditches were visible.

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

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches were visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data, overlooking the River Otter to the north-west of Cheney’s Farm.
The earthwork banks and ditches do not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on either the Tithe Map for Honiton or the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. However, they do fall within the overall field pattern of roughly north-west to south-east aligned curvilinear boundaries. They might therefore be evidence of a medieval phase of enclosure that had passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century.
Towards the north-west end of the field the relict boundaries define a roughly rectilinear or sub-square enclosure circa 70 metres by 80 metres in size. This was probably simply a subdivision of the field system, but it is possible this rectilinear boundary was influenced by the incorporation of an earlier enclosure, perhaps of later prehistoric date.
A probably post-medieval orchard was previously located within these boundaries and has been recorded separately (MDV114976)

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 3441-3442 11-APR-1947.
SDV359178	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1701 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74303 ]
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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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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