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Summary

Two conjoined curvilinear earthwork ditches, visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, and partly as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1996, are interpreted as relict parts of a medieval field system.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

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

No field boundaries are depicted in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96155, OS/96155 V 002 14-JUN-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356310.

A dark rectilinear cropmark is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2900 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two conjoined curvilinear earthwork 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.

Two conjoined curvilinear earthwork banks, up to 10 metres in width, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are located in an area that has been characterised as enclosures of medieval strip field origin, and at its western end the earthwork closely matches the alignment of an extant curvilinear field boundary. It is interpreted as the remains of two conjoined medieval field boundary banks. Neither are depicted on the 19th century mapping and it probably predates a straight field boundary depicted on the Tithe map that is on a completely different alignment, indicating that it went out of use by the mid-19th century. Its width and the fact it was not identified from the available aerial photographs suggests that it may be slight, perhaps having been spread by ploughing. An elongated oval pit immediately to the south (MDV116621) could be associated.

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.
SDV356310	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96155. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96155 V 002 14-JUN-1996.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2900 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #75954 ]
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

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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