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| HER Number: | MDV117639 |
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| Name: | Possible Catch Meadow south of Lower Westwater Dairy, Axminster |
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Summary
Curvilinear earthwork ditches, visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards, are tentatively interpreted as part of a post-medieval or 19th century catchmeadow system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 282 988 |
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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
- CATCH MEADOW? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No field gutters are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1427-1428 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.
Several curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible. Map object partly based on this source.
Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2898 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.
Several curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible. Map object partly based on this source.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Several narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches, either side of two linear ditches and a field boundary that run perpendicular to them, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. The curvilinear ditches seem to divert water flow from the cross-contour channels, distributing it across the field, thus potentially functioning as a watermeadow. A curvilinear ditch with two sluices is depicted on the late-19th century mapping just to the north-west, running downslope from Lower Westwater Dairy. This is likely to be associated with the earthwork field gutters which are likely to be post-medieval or 19th century in date.
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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| SDV359177 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2898 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. |
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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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| SDV359646 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1427-1428 11-APR-1947. |
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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 1:20PM |
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