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Summary

Several curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards, are interpreted as the remains of a medieval field system that fell out of use prior to the mid-19th century.

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.

No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4313-4314 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2502 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches 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.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks, up to 4 metres in width and roughly parallel, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. They fit into the field pattern, in an area characterised as based on medieval strip fields and are interpreted as relict field boundaries of medieval origin that fell out of use prior to the mid-19th century. Curvilinear conjoined earthwork ditches closely follow the banks in part, but in other areas they seem to cut them. They may be later features, possibly for drainage, although they are not typical layout for a drainage system.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4313-4314 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2502 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped features: #74846 ; #74847 ]
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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