See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

A possible tree ring enclosure is visible as a ring-shaped earthwork on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It may be part of the post-medieval designed landscape at Widworthy.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))
• TREE ENCLOSURE RING? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

This area is depicted as woodland.

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

Widworthy Wood is depicted with mixed conifer and broadleaf trees.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2198 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A ring-shaped earthwork bank s 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 probable ring-shaped earthwork bank, circa 2.5 metres wide and enclosing a roughly circular area of 18 metres diameter, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. It is located in mixed woodland at Widworthy and trees obscure the ground surface on the available aerial photographs. Interpretation is therefore tentative, and it is possible that this feature is part of the designed landscape, perhaps a tree ring of post-medieval 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).
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY2198 Bluesky International DTM 24 & 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #77489 ]

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)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.