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Summary

A platform enclosed by and associated with narrow curvilinear ditches was visible as earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 and lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, on the south-east facing slopes to the north-west of Aller Farm. The earthworks are probably the remains of the former settlement of Higher Allers Cottage and possible field boundaries or drainage channels.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING PLATFORM? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))
• DRAIN? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))
• GARDEN (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

The visible earthworks correspond in part with the settlement of Higher Allers Cottage and gardens, listed as plot 197.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1203 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

A platform, disturbed ground and curvilinear ditches were visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1203 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

A subtle platform was visible and adjacent ditches were visible as an earthwork and cropmarks.

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

An earthwork platform approximately 28 by 30 metres in size was visible as an earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014 and lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, on the south-east facing slopes to the north-west of Aller Farm. The platform was enclosed on three sides by a ditch between 2 and 4 metres wide that connected with a network of curvilinear ditches also visible as earthworks on the lidar derived images, most extensively downslope. Immediately west of the platform an area of disturbed ground was visible.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of the former settlement of Higher Allers Cottage and associated gardens, visible depicted on the Tithe Map for Awliscombe. In particular the platform was probably the remains of two garden plots east of the cottage, and the disturbed ground the location of the cottage and associated outbuildings. The curvilinear ditches are interpreted as possible former field boundaries or possibly more likely, drainage channels feeding into water courses to the south-west and east. The linear earthworks and platform probably include the platform and ditches recorded separately as MDV46333.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1203 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76649 ]
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 ST1203 08-SEP-2014.

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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