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| HER Number: | MDV117492 |
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| Name: | Relict Field Boundary and possible Extractive Pit west of Woodhouse Farm, Axminster |
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Summary
A curvilinear earthwork ditch, interpreted as the remains of a medieval or post-medieval boundary impacted by extraction, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from the 1940s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 282 996 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
No field boundary is depicted in this exact location.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Trees are depicted in this western edge of the field.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2899 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
A curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A curvilinear earthwork ditch, over 200 metres long and from 7 to 22 metres wide, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. It corresponds to a field boundary depicted on the historic mapping, but the northern part is very much wider than the rest. This wide section is not visible on the available aerial photographs due to tree cover, and this side of the field is depicted as wooded on the late-19th century mapping. It is interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval or modern extractive pit that stretched along a field boundary. The field boundary subsequently went out of use in the second part of the 20th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2899 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76799 ] |
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| 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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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:19PM |
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