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Summary

A former field boundary of possible medieval origin was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as a low curvilinear earthwork bank on the south-west facing slopes south of Ashfield House, Awliscombe parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted boundary.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any depicted boundary.

United States Airforce, 1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC314, US/7PH/GP/LOC314 V 5027 22-APR-1944 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359865.

Curvilinear and linear banks were visible as low earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1402 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The curvilinear bank was not visible as an earthwork but was partly visible as cropmarks of a levelled earthwork.

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

Linear and curvilinear banks were visible as earthworks on the plateau near the southern tip of St Cyres Hill, Combe Raleigh parish on aerial photographs of 1944. The northernmost bank was curvilinear in plan and might be medieval in origin. The southernmost bank was more regular in layout and might have been laid out with reference to the small square house plot (372 on the Tithe Map) with which it appears to share a northern edge. This boundary seems more likely to be post-medieval or 19th century in date, but is connected to the northernmost boundary by a lateral bank, supporting the interpretation that they were contemporary for a period. The visible earthworks did not correspond with any field boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Combe Raleigh or the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and all therefore were removed prior to the mid-19th century.
The former boundaries were visible in part as cropmarks of levelled earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
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 ST1402 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359865	Aerial Photograph: United States Airforce. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC314. United States Airforce. Photograph (Paper). US/7PH/GP/LOC314 V 5027 22-APR-1944. [Mapped feature: #77129 ]

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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