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Summary

Several linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are interpreted as relict field or woodland boundaries, perhaps overlying an earlier boundary or trackway, that went out of use by the late-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• WOOD BANK? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in these exact locations.

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

No features are depicted in these exact locations.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2099 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Several linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible.

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

Several linear parallel banks are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, many with adjacent earthwork ditches. They are aligned approximately along the contour and in places they appear to cut across a curvilinear bank and ditch that runs broadly perpendicular to them. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping, and the ground surface is obscured by trees on the available aerial photographs. The linear features all seem to be cut by a curvilinear trackway that is visible as an earthwork hollow and depicted on the late-19th century mapping, suggesting that they pre-date this feature. The curvilinear earthwork is likely to be an earlier phase still. The linear earthworks are interpreted as relict boundary features, perhaps wood banks, which went out of use by the late-19th century. The curvilinear earthwork may have been an earlier field boundary or perhaps routeway.

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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY2099 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #77418 ]

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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