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Summary

A possible catchmeadow of post-medieval or 19th century date is visible on aerial photographs from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 as a series of earthwork ditches along the river valley and hillslopes around Membury Court.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

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

Several curvilinear parallel earthwork 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.

A number of earthwork ditches, circa 1 metre wide, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. One corresponds to a linear feature depicted on the Tithe map, and this as well as the adjacent earthworks appears to arise and run gently downslope from a linear cross-contour feature depicted on the late-19th century OS mapping. The earthworks are interpreted as the gutters of a catchmeadow system fed by this linear feature, likely to have been post-medieval or 19th century in date. An offshoot and two separate but similar ditches to the east may have been part of the same water management system but they run more sharply downslope and their function is less clear.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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 feature: #74954 ]
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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