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Summary

Cropmarks which have formed over the levelled ditches of two field boundaries, or else a single, double-ditched field boundary of potential medieval date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

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 northern cropmark corresponds with a field boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2106-2107 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Dark cropmarks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Two parallel dark cropmarks, interpreted as having formed over levelled ditches, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The cropmarks measure circa 4m wide and are spaced circa 8m apart. The northern of the two cropmarks corresponds with a field boundary on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, with the surrounding field pattern characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. The cropmarks are interpreted as possibly two separate field boundaries, one of which had passed out of use by the mid-19th century, or else a single, double-ditched field boundary which correspond to that shown on the Tithe Map.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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