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Summary

Earthwork banks that resemble relict medieval field boundaries are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. They have subsequently been reported as bunds created in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• NON ANTIQUITY (XXI - 2016 AD to 2016 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The earthworks do not correspond with any curvilinear features in this location.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6156 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Earthwork banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Earthwork banks which form part of a single curvilinear feature which has been truncated by a field boundary are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The earthwork banks are northwest to southeast aligned and measure circa 7m wide. They do not correspond with any curvilinear features shown on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, or on later available historic maps, but are in keeping with the historic field pattern depicted in this location, which is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. The earthworks are therefore interpreted as a relict field boundary of potential medieval date which had passed out of use by the mid-19th century. The earthworks are not clearly visible on other available aerial imagery.

Occupier, Cadleigh Manor, 2025, Two-part modern bund, Cadeleigh Manor, 4th February 2025 (Personal Comment). SDV366432.

A bund (in two parts) was created in 2016. Two ditches were dug to contain the stumps of ash trees, and these were then covered with a layer of soil. The trees had been felled because of an outbreak of Ash Dieback disease, at a time when the advice was to fell the trees, burn the wood and either burn or bury the tree stumps, and under no circumstances allow the timber to leave the property.

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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