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Summary

Numerous curvilinear and linear earthwork banks and ditches are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, in the parkland east of Langdon Court. They are interpreted as boundaries of medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000695: LANGDON COURT HOTEL

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Formal gardens and trackways are depicted in the open parkland around Langdon Court.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The area to the east of Langdon Court is depicted as open parkland with scattered parkland trees, trackways, plantation and some boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2123-2124 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Numerous curvilinear and linear earthwork ditches and banks are visible.

Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants, 1994, The garden buildings at Langdon Court, Wembury, Fig. 1. (Report - non-specific). SDV336376.

A section of the 1795 estate survey map shows numerous field boundaries in the area to the east of Langdon Court.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5149 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Numerous curvilinear and linear earthwork ditches and banks 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.

Numerous curvilinear and linear earthwork banks and ditches are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards, and on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, in the parkland east of Langdon Court. Many, but not all, correspond to field boundaries depicted on late-18th century maps, and they are likely to be boundaries of medieval origin.
Only field boundaries not depicted on the 19th century maps have been transcribed, and these were presumably removed during a phase of landscape remodelling between the late-18th and mid-19th century.
One appears to be double-banked, the banks approximately 8 metres apart, between SX5171949864 and SX5156249729, and it is possible that this could have been a routeway leading to the house from the north-east.

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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