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Summary

Possible post-medieval to 19th century water channels of a catch meadow or leat are visible as two earthwork ditches and a bank on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, to the southeast of Knightshayne Farm, Yarcombe.

Location

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))
• LEAT? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RP 3184-85 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

The water channels are visible as two earthwork ditches.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2410 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The two water channels are visible as earthwork ditches and bank.

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

Possible post-medieval to 19th century water channels are visible as two earthwork ditches and a bank on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, to the southeast of Knightshayne Farm, Yarcombe. The two parallel channels, up to 300m in length, are northwest to southeast aligned and are situated on gentle to moderate northeast facing slope, at the head of a combe. A slight earthwork bank flanks the western of the two ditches. The water channels possibly form part of a catch meadow system, tapping a water source at Knightshayne Farm as a means or irrigating the meadow slopes. Alternatively, the site of a mill is also inferred from field name evidence in the vicinity here (MDV38425), so it is also possible one or both of these water channels may have functioned as a leat to this possible mill. The water channels clearly truncate earthworks associated with a possible settlement site (MDV38427).

Sources / Further Reading

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
SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RP 3184-85 11-MAR-1948.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2410 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #77855 ]

Associated Monuments

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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