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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork ditches, visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards, are interpreted as part of a post-medieval or 19th century catchmeadow system and water supply channel.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• WATER CHANNEL (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No water channels are depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1127-1128 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

Several curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2501-2601 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Several curvilinear earthwork 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 narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. They are approximately 1 metre in width, and seem to be aligned broadly along the contour. Two parallel ditches circa 17 metres apart immediately to the south of Higher Farm are typical of the gutters of a catchmeadow system of post-medieval or 19th century date, falling less than 5 metres across a 105 metre length. These may originate from the farm, perhaps functioning as an ‘integrated’ system which distributed manure as well as water across the hillslopes. A much longer ditch to the west of the farm covers over 500 metres and seems to originate in Ashcombe Copse, dropping circa 25 metres and apparently terminating at the farm. The very western part is fragmented and a segment does not seem to fit into the overall alignment. However the eastern section would have functioned as a water channel and it may have been part of a complex water management system that included the catchmeadow.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2501-2601 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75613 ]
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 1127-1128 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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