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| HER Number: | MDV127566 |
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| Name: | Catch meadows west and south-west of Lower Willings Farm, Bigbury |
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Summary
Extensive catch meadows of probable 19th to early 20th century date are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches on the south-west and north-west facing slopes of a combe west and south-west of Lower Willings Farm. The earthworks have probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 660 458 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bigbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BIGBURY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | RINGMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (XVIII to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD to 1946 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4137-4138 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1064-1065 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6545-SX6645 13-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.
The ditches are not 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.
Numerous curvilinear and roughly parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1945 and 1946 as earthworks up to circa 2.5m wide and from circa 25m to 300m long, closely following the contours of a south-west and north-west facing combe slope to the west and south-west of Lower Willings Farm for over 1km.
The channels are probably former catch meadow gutters of 19th to early 20th century date.
Such systems irrigated combe slopes rather than valley floors using water abstracted from springs or streams.
Originating in the medieval period they were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The ditches are not identifiable on more recent images available to the survey and have probably been levelled.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1064-1065 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124282 ] |
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| SDV351060 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4137-4138 01-NOV-1945. |
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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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| SDV363087 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 1999-2017. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6545-SX6645 13-SEP-2002. |
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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: | Feb 20 2020 12:00PM |
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