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| HER Number: | MDV118397 |
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| Name: | Relict Field Boundaries south-east of Widworthy Hill |
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Summary
Several conjoined curvilinear banks, indistinctly visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, are interpreted as relict medieval or post-medieval field boundaries, which had fallen out of use by the mid-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 222 984 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Widworthy |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDWORTHY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (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 this exact location.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this exact location.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2298 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
Curvilinear earthwork banks 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 conjoined curvilinear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping, and are tentatively interpreted as the remains of a medieval field boundaries that probably became disused by the mid-19th 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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| 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 SY2298 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77680 ] |
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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 1:28PM |
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