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Summary

Relict field boundaries of likely medieval origin are visible as linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1996.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in these exact locations.

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

No field boundaries are depicted in these exact locations.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 100-101 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

A linear earthwork bank is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Several linear 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 linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, up to 2 metres in width, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and partly on aerial photographs taken from 1996. They fit into the field pattern as depicted on the historic mapping, which has been characterised as of medieval origin and based on strip fields. On the west, a slight bank and more substantial adjacent ditch are located close and broadly parallel to the modern road, and this may be the remains of an earlier routeway. The other banks and ditches are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries which, as they are not depicted on the historic mapping, went out of use by the mid-19th century. The easternmost curvilinear ditch widens at its eastern end and it is unclear whether this has been impacted by later quarrying.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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 ST2500 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped features: #75738 ; #75739 ]
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 100-101 08-MAY-1996.
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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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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