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Summary

A possible former settlement of medieval to post-medieval date was visible as earthwork banks, ditches, terraces and hollows on the south-east facing slopes to the north-east of Shaugh Farm adjacent to Dumpdon Lane, on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted boundaries or plots.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1703 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Earthwork banks, ditches and terraces 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.

Earthwork banks, ditches, terraces and hollows were visible on the south-east facing slopes to the north-east of Shaugh Farm adjacent to Dumpdon Lane, on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.
The visible earthworks appear to define rectangular and sub-rectangular enclosures at ST17790322 and ST17820331, possible building platforms at circa ST17890332 and a possible hollow way from circa ST17770321 to ST17810329.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of a possible roadside settlement of probable medieval to post-medieval date. It is likely that the settlement was associated with an extensive field system and further possible settlement on the slopes of Dumpdon Hill to the north and west, and a former orchard indicated by characteristic earthwork banks immediately to the west, recorded separately.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the Tithe Map for Luppit and had therefore been cleared prior to circa 1840.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1703 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75411 ]

Associated Monuments

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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