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Summary

A probable former field boundary of medieval date is recorded from a curvilinear pale cropmark visible on aerial photographs taken from 1996 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It probably 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.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 190-191 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

A pale curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2502 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

A pale curvilinear cropmark is 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 pale curvilinear cropmark, between 2.5 and 4 metres in maximum width, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1996 and 2014. It manifests in a similar way to a cropmark 70 metres to the east that corresponds to the location of a removed field boundary depicted on historic mapping. The cropmark seems to terminate in the south at a dog-leg in the adjacent curvilinear field boundary depicted on the Tithe map, within an area characterised as based on medieval strip fields. The cropmark is interpreted as having formed over the levelled remains of a medieval field boundary bank that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 190-191 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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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2502 08-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74959 ]

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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