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Summary

Relict field boundaries of probable medieval or post-medieval date are visible as curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They 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 Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 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.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1122-1123 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks and 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.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, between 2 and 6 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. Parts correspond to boundaries depicted on the historic mapping and they fit into the extant field pattern which has been characterised as medieval enclosures. They are therefore likely to be the relict remains of field boundary banks that had fallen out of use by the mid-19th century. Several phases of enclosure seem to be represented: the widest ditched features centred at ST2969001522 and partly corresponding with a field boundary depicted on the historic mapping may have a different period of origin to the more clearly defined 2.5 metre wide banks in the field to the south. The latter seem to have been cut by a narrow curvilinear ditch, which terminates at its east end at a sharp bend in the field boundary depicted on the historic mapping. This does not appear to function as a water channel and it is assumed to be a later enclosure that was presumably established after the banked boundary went out of use.

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 ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75164 ]
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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SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1122-1123 11-APR-1947.

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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