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Summary

Flood defence banks of possible medieval origin are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as earthworks on the north bank of the River Teign, Teigngrace and Kingsteignton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FLOOD DEFENCES (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1846 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible earthworks correspond in part with a former field boundary, depicted on the Tithe map for Teigngrace.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The visible earthworks correspond in part with a relict boundary or reclamation bank depicted on the OS 1880s First Edition 25inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3149-3150 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX8771 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8971 08-JUN-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks, part obscured by vegetation.

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 (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Two curvilinear banks are visible in the intertidal zone of the River Teign, on the north bank south of Newton Abbot Racecourse. The westernmost bank corresponds closely with the Teigngrace parish boundary and also with an earthwork depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map. This probably corresponds with the former limit of enclosure to the north, orphaned from the main field pattern by the Newton Abbot section of the South Devon Railway in 1846.
The easternmost relict earthwork, which falls within Kingsteignton, does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the parishTithe map, and might represent an earlier enclosure or reclamation boundary cut off by a meander of the river, possibly the former course of the Teign, annotated as Old Teign on the First Edition 25inch map.
The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2015, if partly obscured by tree cover, and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3149-3150 04-NOV-1946.
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. 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. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX8771 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. [Mapped feature: #116677 ]
SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX8971 08-JUN-2015.

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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