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| HER Number: | MDV126251 |
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| Name: | Medieval field boundary, Sparkwell |
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Summary
A field boundary of probable medieval origin is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks of ditches on the south-west facing slopes east of Stoggy Lane.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 558 570 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX55NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sparkwell |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMPTON ST.MARY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Tithe Map for Plympton St Mary.
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89117, OS/89117 V 546-547 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363164.
Linear cropmarks of ditches are visible.
Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.
The cropmarks fall within an area characterised as post-medieval enclosure.
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.
Narrow parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as roughly north-north-west to south-south-east cropmarks on the south-west facing slopes east of Stoggy Lane.
The visible cropmarks do not correspond with any features depicted on the 19th or early 20th century maps available to the survey and fall within an area of enclosure characterised by HLC as post-medieval enclosure.
However, the cropmarks are in keeping with the character of the field pattern to the east which has been characterised by HLC as medieval enclosure based on strip fields, the extant boundaries of which are on a similar alignment to the cropmark ditches.
The cropmarks are interpreted as evidence of a medieval field system that was superseded by post-medieval enclosure prior to 1840.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349122 | Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363164 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89117. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89117 V 546-547 04-MAY-1989. [Mapped feature: #119215 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 24 2020 7:26AM |
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