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Summary

Linear and curvilinear banks were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 as low earthworks on the north-east facing slopes overlooking Birch Oak Farm, Yarcombe parish, from the south.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks did not correspond with any depicted boundaries.

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

Curvilinear earthwork banks were visible.

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

Linear and curvilinear banks up to 5 metres wide were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 as low earthworks on the north-east facing slopes overlooking Birch Oak farm, Yarcombe parish from the south.
Visible to the north and south of the road, the earthworks did not correspond with any field boundaries depicted on the 19th century mapping available to the survey. Although falling largely within a field pattern that has been characterised as being post-medieval enclosure, the relict banks were broadly in keeping with the curvilinear boundaries shown on the OS First Edition map to the east (recorded partly as MDV114924), which have been characterised as being derived from strip fields of medieval date.
They have therefore been interpreted as the remains of former field boundaries probably of medieval date that were removed prior to 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).
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. [Mapped feature: #78438 ]

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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