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Summary

A possible former boundary ditch of unknown date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as a cropmark of a possible banked ditch on the gentle south-east facing slopes south-east of Whitedown Cross, Hemyock.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY DITCH (Unknown date)

Full description

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

The visible cropmark does not correspond with any depicted field boundary.

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

The visible cropmark does not correspond with any depicted field boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3300-3301 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A linear cropmark of a possible ditch and banks was 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 possible former boundary ditch was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as a cropmark of a possible banked ditch on the gentle south-east facing slopes south-east of Whitedown Cross, Hemyock.
The visible cropmark of the ditch was circa 5 metres wide and visible for nearly 170 metres on a north-east to south-west orientation, flanked on either side for short distances by the cropmarks of possible levelled earthwork banks of similar width.
The cropmarks did not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Luppitt and were on a different alignment to all depicted boundaries.
The boundary had therefore probably passed out of use prior to the mid-19th century, but the date of the feature is unknown and could be considerably earlier. The cropmark was not noted on any other images available to the survey.

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.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3300-3301 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #76040 ]
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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