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Summary

Earthwork bank and ditch features of largely uncertain nature, but possibly representing former medieval field boundaries and building platforms are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the north of Longridge Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING PLATFORM? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

With the exception of a single field boundary, the earthworks are not depicted on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2309-10 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Earthwork banks of two field boundaries are partly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

One of the earthwork banks corresponds to a field boundary depicted on this map.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2106 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The possible field boundaries are visible as a series of earthwork bank and ditch features.

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

Earthwork bank and ditch features of largely uncertain nature, but possibly representing former medieval field boundaries and building platforms are visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the north of Longridge Farm. The earthworks occupy an area of approximately 2.73 hectares of gentle west facing slope, on the northern side of a road. Two of the earthworks are depicted as field boundaries on historic mapping. The eastern of these at ST21460613 is depicted on the Parish Tithe map and that to the west at ST21400616 is visible on aerial photographs of 1947 and is depicted on the 1953-1969 National Grid Ordnance Survey map. The remaining earthworks which likely pre-date these field boundaries are broadly north to south and east to west aligned and are fairly indistinctly defined. Several of the earthworks are visible as fairly broad banks which measure up to 15m in width. Two possible platforms are also visible to the southeast and may conceivable represent the site of a former structure or structures associated with these field boundaries. With the exception of the two field boundaries depicted on historic mapping, the earthworks are not clearly visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to this survey. Given the poor clarity of the earthworks visible on lidar, some caution should be exercised regarding the nature of the transcriptions made here during this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV352727	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1953-1969. 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial. Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2309-10 11-APR-1947.
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 ST2106 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #75623 ]

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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