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Summary

Linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, interpreted as relict medieval or post-medieval field boundaries which had largely passed out of use by the mid-19th century, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

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 partly correspond with field boundaries in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2184-2185 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6153 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Linear and curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches 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.

Linear and curvilinear banks and ditches, between 3m and 7m wide and mostly northeast to southwest and northwest to southeast aligned, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The earthworks are in keeping with the surrounding historic field pattern which is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. Earthworks to the east at circa SX61285375 correspond with both field boundaries and plot boundaries associated with Ley Cottages (MDV74593) shown on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map. The remaining earthworks, however, do not correspond with any such boundaries on this map, or on later available historic maps and had evidently passed out of use by this time. The earthworks are therefore interpreted as relict field and plot boundaries of medieval, or post-medieval date which had almost completely passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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