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Summary

Probable former field boundaries of post-medieval origin were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as a low curvilinear earthwork banks on the south and east facing combe slopes south of Ridge Farm, Stockland parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork did not correspond with any depicted boundary.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

Enclosures of post-medieval date. Fields laid out in the C18th and C19th commonly have many surveyed dead-straight field boundaries

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 03-AUG-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

The linear earthwork banks were visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Narrow and linear earthwork banks were visible.

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

Probable former field boundaries were visible on digital images derived from lidar data as a low and straigh earthwork banks on the south and east facing combe slopes south of Ridge Farm, Stockland parish.
The banks fell within a field system that had been characterised as probably based on strip fields of medieval origin, but were close to a zone to the west characterised as probably enclosed in the 18th or 19th century. Field boundaries from the post-medieval period were often laid out in very straight arrangements, and these relict banks might have acted as an interface between the medieval field pattern to the east and the more regular, post-medieval enclosure to the west. The relict banks, which were no more than 3 metres, did not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe map for Stockland, and were therefore probably removed prior to the 1840s. Slight evidence of a ditch between two on the banks might indicate that the earthworks also played a drainage role, a function sometimes built into new field patterns of the improvement period.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 03-AUG-2016.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. [Mapped feature: #75075 ]

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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