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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1948, at Northwood, High Bickington. The earthworks have been interpreted as a possible enclosure or spoil heap derived from small-scale quarrying, of between medieval to 19th century date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

Transcriptions of a bank correspond to the grid reference for PRN167742.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN167742 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

A section of curved bank is visible as low earthworks on aerial photographs (p1) running between extant field boundaries marked on the current edition OS map. It may form the southern and eastern sides of a small enclosure or may be spoil from small scale quarrying. The site was digitally plotted during the National Mapping Programme and is sited within an area described as medieval enclosures based on strip fields in the Historic Landscape Characterisation for Devon.
Photograph reference:
1. RAF CPE/UK2521 4050-1 22-MAR-1948

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme

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