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| HER Number: | MDV127568 |
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| Name: | Possible Catch meadow west of Bigbury village |
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Summary
A possible catch meadow of probable 19th to early 20th century date is identifiable on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches on the slopes of a combe west of Bigbury village.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 666 463 |
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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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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (XVIII to World War II - 1800 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6646 13-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.
Curvilinear ditches are identifiable as earthworks.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6547 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.
Curvilinear 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.
Curvilinear ditches are identifiable on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 as subtle earthworks under pasture circa 1m to 2.7m wide and up to circa 70m long, closely following the contours on the south-east and west facing slopes of a combe to the west of Bigbury village.
The channels are probably the gutters of a former catch meadow 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 earthworks are not readily identifiable on aerial photographs of the 1940s and the system had therefore probably passed out of use in the first half of the 20th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. LIDAR SX6547 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. [Mapped feature: #124284 ] |
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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 SX6646 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 12:59PM |
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