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Summary

A former field boundary potentially of medieval date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork bank on the east-facing slopes overlooking the Corry Brook, south-west of Rose Farm, Stockland.

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

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3432-3433 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A curvilinear bank was visible as a low earthwork.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 97-98 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

A curvilinear bank was visible as a low earthwork.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2402 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A curvilinear bank was visible as a low earthwork.

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

Field in this area were probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the medieval period.

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

A former field boundary date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards as an earthwork bank on the east-facing slopes overlooking the Corry Brook, south-west of Rose Farm, Stockland.
The bank does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Stockland. It appears to have abutted doglegs in the extant field boundaries to the north and south, part of a field pattern that has been characterised as probably medieval in date. The removed boundary has therefore been interpreted as evidence of a boundary of medieval date that had been removed prior to the 1840s. The bank also overlies the eastern end of a former extractive pit, recorded separately, that was therefore probably in use during the medieval period.
The bank remains clearly visible on digital images derived from lidar data and therefore probably survives as earthwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3432-3433 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2402 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74782 ]
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 97-98 08-MAY-1996.
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: 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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