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Summary

A curvilinear bank flanked by narrow ditches, probably the remains of a field boundary of medieval date, was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data as earthworks on the east facing slopes south of Dalwood village.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork does not correspond with any depicted boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1130 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

A curvilinear bank flanked by narrow ditches was visible as an earthwork.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

This area was probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks suggests that earlier it may have been farmed as open strip-fields

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2400 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The former boundary is not readily identifiable as an earthwork.

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

A curvilinear bank almost 3 metres wide flanked by narrow ditches was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and digital images derived from lidar data as earthworks on the east facing slopes south of Dalwood village.
The ditched bank did not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Dalwood and was therefore probably removed prior to the 1840s. The earthworks fall within a field pattern characterised as probably first enclosed with hedge banks in the later medieval period, the enclosures based on earlier strip field cultivation. The relict bank has therefore been interpreted as probably the remains of a field boundary of medieval date. The bank cannot be identified on more recent aerial photographs but remains visible as a slight earthwork on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
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 ST2400 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1130 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #74741 ]

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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