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| HER Number: | MDV115912 |
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| Name: | Narrow Ridge and Furrow at High Lea, Axminster Parish |
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Summary
Narrow parallel earthwork ridges are visible on aerial photographs taken from 2002 onwards and on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. They are likely to be an attempt to drain the ground in the second part of the 19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 285 012 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST20SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
Several irregular plots of land are depicted, symbolised as mixed woodland.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No trees or field boundaries are depicted in this location.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2901 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
Parallel linear earthwork ridges are visible.
Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 17-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.
Dark linear parallel cropmarks 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.
Narrow parallel earthwork ridges, between 2.5 and 4 metres apart, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 2002 onwards and on images derived from lidar data flown between 1998 and 2014. They appear to truncate the linear banks of former field boundaries depicted on the Tithe map, when the area was wooded. It seems most likely that the ridges were created during the second part of the 19th century to drain and agriculturally improve the land after the trees were removed. By the end of the 19th century the trees and field boundaries had been removed and were not depicted on the first edition OS map.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| 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: #75260 ] |
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| 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-2002 ACCESSED 17-MAY-2016. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:02PM |
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