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Summary

A enclosure of possible agricultural function and 19th to 20th century date was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the 1980s as a possibly earthwork bank defined rectangular platform in the floodplain of the Madford River, north-west of Holmwood Farm, Dunkeswell parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (XIX to XX - 1890 AD to 1947 AD (Between))

Full description

United States Airforce, 1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC252, US/7PH/GP/LOC252 RP 3005-3006 20-MAR-1944 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358580.

A rectilinear earthwork enclosure was visible.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2300-2301 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A rectilinear earthwork enclosure was visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1628-1629 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.

The rectilinear enclosure remained visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1508 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The enclosure was not visible as an earthwork and has probably been levelled.

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 enclosure was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 to the 1982 as a rectangular platform in the floodplain of the Madford River, approximately 80 by 70 metres in size and defined by a low earthwork bank, approximately 400 metres north-west of Holmwood Farm, Dunkeswell parish. The earthwork does not correspond with any enclosure depicted on the Tithe Map for Dunkeswell or the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map, but it does appear to incorporate a section of footpath or trackway which is depicted on the OS First Edition map at its south-west corner, possibly for access. This might support the interpretation that the enclosure post-dated circa 1890, and might have been created to inclose and improve a section of the previously rough ground for agricultural purposes. This might be supported by the subsequent levelling of the earthwork, appearance of widespread improved pasture and possible drainage earthworks visible as low banks across this area on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2300-2301 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #76130 ]
SDV357675	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1628-1629 03-SEP-1982.
SDV358580	Aerial Photograph: United States Airforce. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC252. United States Airforce. Photograph (Paper). US/7PH/GP/LOC252 RP 3005-3006 20-MAR-1944.
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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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1508 08-SEP-2014.

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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