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Summary

Two linear earthwork banks visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, are interpreted as the remains of post-medieval field boundaries 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 (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 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 3430-3431 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Parallel dark cropmarks are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2503 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two linear earthwork banks 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.

Two linear earthwork banks, up to 4 metres in width and circa 41 metres apart, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. The southern end of one corresponds to a slight change in alignment in the extant field boundary, and they are interpreted as the remains of boundary banks. The area has been characterised as post- medieval enclosures, and the form of the banks is in keeping with field boundaries of this period. As they are not depicted on the available historic mapping, they probably fell out of use prior to the mid-19th century. The boundaries probably continued some 80 metres to the north-west, but were not clearly enough defined to be transcribed.

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 3430-3431 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2503 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74950 ]
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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