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Summary

Possible former field boundaries of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Higher Pithayne.The earthwork banks should, however, be viewed with some caution and it is possible they are of natural origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2409 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The possible field boundaries are visible as earthwork banks.

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

Possible former field boundaries of between medieval to 19th century date are visible as earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Higher Pithayne. The possible linear boundaries are northwest to southeast and northeast to southwest aligned and are situated on moderate southeast facing slope. The digital Parish Tithe map is incomplete here, so it is not possible to determine whether these field boundaries were extant by this time, although they do appear to have passed out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. The Historic Landscape Characterisation project has classified this area as comprising ‘medieval enclosures based on strip fields’, so could be of medieval date. The earthwork banks should, however, be viewed with some caution and it is possible they are of natural origin.

Sources / Further Reading

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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2409 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #76351 ]

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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