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Summary

Several curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, are intrpreted as relict field boundary banks of likely medieval origin that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

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.

Several curvilinear field boundaries are depicted in this location.

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

Several curvilinear field boundaries are depicted in this location.

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

Several curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Several curvilinear earthwork banks 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 curvilinear earthwork banks, circa 2 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. Some of these correspond to the location of field boundaries depicted on the Tithe map, but two that are not fit into and are roughly parallel to elements of the surrounding field system, which has been characterised as medieval in origin. Another that is not depicted on the historic mapping, centred at ST2784400635, appears to abut a field boundary at its north-west end that is depicted on the Tithe map along the same alignment. Only these three banks that are not depicted on historic mapping have been transcribed for this project, and they are interpreted as the relict remains of medieval field boundary banks that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

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 ST2700 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75863 ]
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 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)

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