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Summary

Cropmarks of a sinuous ditch interpreted variously as a field boundary, trackway or water channel of between prehistoric to post-medieval date, but which had likely passed out of use by the mid-19th century are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1989.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• WATER CHANNEL? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 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 in this location.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6716, DAP 6716/02 23-JUN-1989 (MG) (Aerial Photograph). SDV361594.

Cropmark ditches 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.

Cropmarks of a sinuous ditch, circa 7m wide and northeast to southwest aligned, are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1989. They do not correspond with any linear features shown in this location on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, or on later available historic maps, but are broadly in keeping with the historic field pattern depicted in this location. The cropmarks are recorded in proximity to a late prehistoric or Romano-British enclosure (MDV52030), circa 100m to the southeast. They are of largely uncertain origin, although are not obviously geological. They are interpreted variously as a field boundary, trackway or water channel of between prehistoric to post-medieval date which had likely passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

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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SDV361594	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6716. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6716/02 23-JUN-1989 (MG). [Mapped feature: #116473 ]

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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