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Summary

Cropmarks of banks and ditches interpreted as a relict field boundary of potential medieval date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1978, to the south of Prickly Ball Farm, Ogwell.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The cropmarks do not correspond with any linear features shown in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78014, OS/78014 V 039-40 07-APR-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361736.

Cropmarks of levelled ditches and banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Linear cropmarks which have formed over levelled ditches and banks are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1978, to the south of Prickly Ball Farm, Ogwell. The northeast to southwest aligned cropmarks comprise two sections of bank, circa 1.5m wide, flanked by sections of ditch, between 1.5-3m wide. The cropmarks are in keeping with the historic field pattern depicted in this location on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map which is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields, although they do not correspond with any linear features shown on this map, or on subsequent available historic maps. The cropmarks are therefore interpreted as evidence of a relict bank and double-ditched field boundary of potential medieval date which had passed out of use by the mid-19th century. The cropmarks are not visible on other available aerial imagery.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361736	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78014. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/78014 V 039-40 07-APR-1978. [Mapped feature: #113274 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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