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HER Number:MDV119105
Name:Possible Hollow Way west of Cathays Farm, Axminster

Summary

Two parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, is interpreted as a possible medieval or post-medieval hollow way.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 318 985
Map Sheet:SY39NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishAxminster
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishAXMINSTER

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HOLLOW WAY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.


Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3200-3201 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

Two parallel linear earthwork banks are visible.


Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY3198 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two parallel linear 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.

Two parallel linear earthwork banks, circa 3 metres wide and 4 metres apart, are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. No features are depicted in this exact location on the available historic mapping, although the east end abuts a dog-leg in a field boundary that is depicted on the late-19th century OS maps. It is tentatively is interpreted as a possible medieval or post-medieval hollow way.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY3198 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #78397 ]
SDV359315Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3200-3201 22-JAN-1948.
SDV359463Interpretation: 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

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 1:35PM