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Summary

A curvilinear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken between the 1940s and 1970s, is interpreted as the remains of a medieval or post-medieval field boundary ditch that went out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

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 boundary features are depicted in this location.

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

No boundary features are depicted in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS/76052, OS/76052 V 057-058 08-MAY-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359311.

A curvilinear dark cropmark is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1992, OS/92377 V, OS/92377 V 021-022 28-JUL-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359835.

A curvilinear dark cropmark is 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 curvilinear dark cropmark, less than two metres wide, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1976 and 1992. At its west end, it joins an extant field boundary on a similar alignment and it may have formed over the buried remains of a former boundary ditch. Its curving alignment suggests a medieval or post-medieval origin. It is not depicted on the available historic mapping and is likely to have fallen out of use 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).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359311	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS/76052. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/76052 V 057-058 08-MAY-1976. [Mapped feature: #78394 ]
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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SDV359835	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92377 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/92377 V 021-022 28-JUL-1992.

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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