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Summary

Earthwork banks interpreted as a relict field boundary of medieval or post-medieval date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, at Houghton, Newton Abbot. The earthworks are not visible on recent available aerial imagery and have likely been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

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

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RS 4154-55 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Earthwork 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.

Earthworks of linear and curvilinear banks, circa 3m wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, at Houghton, Newton Abbot. The earthworks form part of a single east to west aligned feature which is double banked and truncated by a gutter of a 19th century catch meadow system at its eastern extent. The earthworks are in keeping with the historic field pattern depicted in this location on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields, although they do not correspond with any linear features on this map, or on later available historic maps. They are interpreted as a possible relict field boundary of medieval or post-medieval date which had passed out of use by the mid-19th century. The earthworks are not visible on recent available aerial imagery and have likely been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RS 4154-55 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #113880 ]
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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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)
• EDV7602 - Geophysical Survey: Houghton Barton, Newton Abbot (Ref: HBNA17)
• EDV7604 - Evaluation: Land at Houghton Barton, Newton Abbot, Devon (Ref: 18143)

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