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Summary

Field boundaries of post-medieval to 19th-century date are clearly identifiable on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013, as earthwork banks and ditches defining a rectangular plot or enclosure on the east-facing slopes of Ridding Down, Cornwood.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Cornwood.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4253-4254 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352103.

Linear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109, RAF/58/7109 F42 0129-0130 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351186.

Linear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69296, OS/69296 V 008-009 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361475.

Linear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

See Figure 3.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5861 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

Linear banks and subtle ditches are identifiable as earthworks.

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 banks and ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013, defining a rectangular plot or enclosure on east-facing slopes of Ridding Down.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the 19th and early 20th century maps available to the survey but are in keeping with the character of the extant boundaries visible immediately to the east, which are probably of post-medieval or 19th-century date.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of field boundaries of probable post-medieval to 19th century date, one of several examples of enclosure onto the fringes of Ridding Down that probably date from the medieval period to the early 19th-century, and that had been partly cleared by the early to mid-19th century (see MDV29981).

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)
• EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down

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