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Summary

Two short lengths of possible former field boundary of probable post-medieval date were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as narrow earthwork banks on the west-facing combe slopes overlooking the Madford River, east of Rough Grey Bottom, Dunkeswell parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1890 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Two short lengths of earthwork bank were visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1507 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The banks were not visible as earthworks.

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

Two short lengths of possible former field boundary of probable post-medieval date were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as roughly west to east aligned narrow earthwork banks approximately 270 metres apart on the west-facing combe slopes overlooking the Madford River, east of Rough Grey Bottom, Dunkeswell parish.
The earthworks did not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch First Edition map and might therefore be evidence of field boundaries that had passed out of use and been removed prior to circa 1890. The earthworks might also have been cut by small scale extractive pits of probable early to mid-20th century date.
The banks cannot be confidently identified as earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 and have probably been levelled.

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: #76134 ]
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 ST1507 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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