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Summary

A possible former field boundary or trackway of post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Watchford Farm. The earthworks had probably passed out of use prior to the late 19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The Parish Tithe map is incomplete here.

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any features here on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4186-87 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

Two parallel earthwork banks are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3821, RAF/39/3821 V 271-72 29-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359591.

Two parallel earthwork banks are visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2311 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Two parallel earthwork banks are faintly 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 possible former field boundary or trackway of post-medieval to 19th century date is visible as earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, and on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Watchford Farm. The two parallel and linear banks are northwest to southeast aligned and are spaced approximately 8m apart. The double banked earthworks may be associated with the network of trackways shown here on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map of the 1880’s-90’s, or alternatively a former field boundary which corresponds closely to that to the southeast. Since the visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted in this location on the available 19th century mapping, they probably had passed out of use prior to the late 19th century. The Parish Tithe map mosaic of approximately 1838-48 is incomplete here, so it is not possible to determine whether the field boundary or trackway was extant by this time.

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
SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4186-87 11-MAR-1948.
SDV359591	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3821. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3821 V 271-72 29-OCT-1971. [Mapped feature: #77908 ]
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2311 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016.

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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