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Summary

Bank/scarp and stone dump to the north-west of the Prehistoric pound to the north-east of Lower Cadworthy Farm

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Faint earthwork remains of a prehistoric pound and associated field system north-east of Lower Cadworthy Farm

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SCARP (Unknown date)

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Not shown on 19th century Meavy Tithe Map.

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

Not shown on 19th century map.

Berry, N., 2005, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon, Sites 63, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory (Report - Survey). SDV360144.

Wide scarp feature aligned approximately east-south-east to west-north-west across the south-west corner of Field Number 812 on the Tithe Map. The earthwork runs from the north-west corner of the Prehistoric pound to the east to a kink in the field boundary to the west. The feature may be contemporary with the pound or be the remains of a Medieval boundary. The feature is not shown on historic maps. There is a stone dump a few metres downhill from the east end of the scarp.

Environment Agency, 2011, LIDAR data JPEG images (2 metre resolution) (Cartographic). SDV348634.

Feature visible on Lidar image.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Not shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7251 - Lower Cadworthy Farm: Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey
• EDV5292 - Survey of buildings at Lower Cadworthy, Meavy

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