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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1996 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, are interpreted as the remains of 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 (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 these exact locations.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 191-192 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2602 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two curvilinear 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 curvilinear earthwork banks, up to circa 10 metres in width, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and partly on aerial photographs taken from 1996. They manifest in the same way as nearby earthworks that correspond to field boundaries depicted on historic maps. They are located in an area characterised as enclosures of medieval origin and interpreted as the relict remains of medieval field boundaries that fell out of use by the mid-19th century. They were not identified from many aerial photographs and are likely to be shallow features, perhaps spread by ploughing and difficult to identify visually on the ground.

Sources / Further Reading

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. LIDAR ST2602 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #74969 ]
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 191-192 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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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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