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Summary

Earthworks of a possible medieval settlement comprising three potential building platforms and associated plots, extending along the east side of a holloway. Documentary sources refer to a chapel and manor house at Uphay but these features appear too small and they may have been situated to the north-west where there are further earthworks. Irregular earthworks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SY29NE10
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 449546
• Pastscape: 449546

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this location.

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

No features are depicted in these exact locations.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV359177.

An area of irregular ground surface is visible, to the west of a curvilinear earthwork bank.

Historic England, 2015-2016, NRHE to HER prototype, 445430 (Website). SDV359652.

Summary description
Slight earthworks a possible Medieval settlement comprising three possible building platforms and associated plots, extending along the east side of a holloway. Documentary sources refer to a chapel and manor house at Uphay, however, these features appear to be too small for a manor house and/or chapel. These may have been situated to the northwest where further indeterminate earthworks are present.
Full description
(SY 290899) William de Uphay was granted a licence for a chapel or oratory in 1370 and again in 1374 and 1376.
The manor changed hands and a further licence of 1421 gives the dedication of St. Anne, of Uphay.
There are no remains of the manor house and chapel but it is assumed that the house stood near the cottages on the track close to the corner of the wood where Pulman says there were "traces of several houses forming a little street." (1)
References to the manor house occur in a survey in the reign of Queen Mary and in lease of 1705. (2)
The name 'Uphay' (a) survived until recently; being applied to a cottage (now demolished) at SY 29089996.
On the lower hill-slope to the south at SY 29079990 are the now unsurveyable traces of possibly three building platforms and associated plots, extending along the east side of a now vague holloway which may represent Pulmans' (b) 'little street'. These features would appear to be too small for a
manor house and/or chapel, which may possibly have occupied the higher ground to the north west where there are considerable indeterminate surface irregularities. No surface finds were made over the area which is at present under pasture, and dense bramble. (3)
Sources
1 Devonshire Association reports and transactions 308 67, 1935 WH Wilkin
1a VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Bp Brontingham I fols 6 57 65 II fol 8
1b VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Pulman: Book of the Axe p586
2 Devonshire Association reports and transactions 370-1 68, 1936
3 Field Investigators Comments F1 JWS 20-NOV-75
3c Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 25" 1959
Monument types, periods and evidence
Manor House: Medieval. Documentary evidence
Chapel: Medieval: Documentary evidence
Building platform: Medieval. Earthwork
Hollow way: Medieval. Earthwork
Settlement: Medieval. Earthwork
Related monuments: None recorded
Related events: 449547 Field observation on SY 29 NE 10 Field Observation (Visual Assessment)
Related archives/objects: None recorded
Record created: Prior to 01/04/1999 (1975)
Map object previously based on this source; a circle of 50 metre radius centred at SY2900099900.

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

An area of irregular ground surface is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It roughly corresponds to a record of possible medieval settlement comprising building platforms and associated plots along a holloway (SDV359652), but no features are distinct enough to transcribe. A curvilinear earthwork bank circa 50 metres to the east could be a plot boundary.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #74943 ]
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359652	Website: Historic England. 2015-2016. NRHE to HER prototype. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/home. Website. 445430.

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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