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Summary

A field boundary of probable medieval date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as an earthwork bank on the south-west facing slopes north-west of Burridge Farm, Chardstock parish.

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 6 inch map (Cartographic). SDV360577.

The visible earthwork does not match any depicted field boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4116-4117 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A curvilinear bank was visible as an earthwork.

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

A former field boundary of probable post-medieval date was visible on aerial photographs of 1947 as a curvilinear earthwork bank circa 230 metres long and circa 7 metres wide, crossing the south-west facing slopes north-west of Burridge Farm, Chardstock parish. A hollow or ditch running along the centre of the ditch may be evidence of a grubbed out hedgerow.
The visible bank does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the historic maps available to the survey, but was in keeping with the character of the surrounding historic field pattern. It is therefore interpreted as a boundary of probable medieval origin that had been cleared by the late 19th century.
The bank was not identified as an earthwork on later images available to the survey and may have been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4116-4117 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #78970 ]
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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SDV360577	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 6 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Digital).

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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