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Summary

A possible former field boundary of medieval date or modern drainage ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, at Baxters Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• DRAINAGE DITCH (Modern - 1751 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The possible field boundary is not depicted on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3305-06 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The possible field boundary is visible as an earthwork ditch.

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

The possible field boundary is visible as an earthwork ditch.

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

A possible former field boundary of medieval date or modern drainage ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, at Baxters Farm. The curvilinear earthwork is northwest to southeast aligned and closely respects the historic field patterns depicted here on the Parish Tithe map of 1838-48, in particular the strip field to the immediate northeast, although appears to have passed out of use by this time. The Historic Landscape Characterisation project has classified this area as comprising ‘Medieval enclosures based on strip fields’. The nature of this earthwork does appear, however, to resemble a modern drainage ditch, although it is possible it utilises the line of a former medieval field boundary.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3305-06 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. [Mapped feature: #75830 ]

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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