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Summary

Field boundaries of potential medieval date are visible as a series of earthwork banks and ditches indistinctly on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, but most clearly visible on lidar images of 2016, to the south of Manor Farm, Dunkeswell. The earthwork boundaries are not depicted on the Parish Tithe map of 1838-48, so had evidently passed out of use by this time.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The field boundaries are not depicted on this map and appear to have passed out of use.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4445-47 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The field boundaries are partly visible as earthwork banks.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1305 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

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

Field boundaries of potential medieval date are visible as a series of earthwork banks and ditches indistinctly on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards, but most clearly visible on lidar images of 2016, to the south of Manor Farm, Dunkeswell. The boundaries vary in form and it is unclear whether they are contemporaneous. The far eastern field boundary comprises a slight curvilinear north to south aligned bank, with a rectilinear shaped enclosure approximately 65m in length by 30m in width visible off its eastern edge. The remaining earthworks comprise two L-shaped field boundaries, the central of these defined by two earthwork ditches flanked by a bank. An additional north to south aligned ditch which intersects with a possible post-medieval to 19th century extraction pit is also visible here. The earthwork boundaries are not depicted on the Parish Tithe map of 1838-48, so had evidently passed out of use by this time.

Sources / Further Reading

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 RS 4445-47 11-APR-1947.
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 ST1305 Bluesky International DTM 05-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #76782 ]

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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