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HER Number:MDV116520
Name:Relict Field Boundary south-west of Tolcis Farm, Axminster

Summary

A probable relict field boundary of medieval or post-medieval origin is visible as a rectilinear earthwork bank on aerial photographs taken from 1947 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It probably went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 275 006
Map Sheet:ST20SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishAxminster
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishAXMINSTER

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • 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 boundary is depicted in this exact location.


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

No field boundary is depicted in this exact location.


Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1124-1125 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

A rectilinear earthwork bank is visible.


Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2700 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A rectilinear earthwork bank is visible.


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

A rectilinear earthwork bank, up to circa 3 metres in width, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. No features are depicted in this exact location on the 19th century mapping and the bank is interpreted as the relict remains of a field boundary that went out of use by the mid-19th century. It abuts two extant field boundaries in an area characterised as enclosures of medieval origin and based on strip fields, but given its rectilinear plan a post-medieval date is also possible.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359177Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2700 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75850 ]
SDV359463Interpretation: 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.
Linked documents:2
SDV359646Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1124-1125 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)

Date Last Edited:Mar 20 2018 1:09PM