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Summary

Former field boundaries of probable medieval origin are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to 2002 as linear earthwork banks and hollows, on the north-west facing slopes to the south-west of Bigbury village.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to World War II - 1066 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks correspond with boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Bigbury.

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

The visible earthworks correspond with firld boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s First Edition 25inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1064-1065 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

Linear earthwork banks and hollows are visible.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6645 13-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Linear banks and hollows are visible as subtle earthworks.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6645 22-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Cropmarks of linear banks and hollows 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.

Linear earthwork banks and hollows are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to 2002 defining rectilinear enclosures obliquely crossing the contours of the north-west facing slopes to the south-west of Bigbury village.
The visible earthworks correspond with field boundaries characterised by Historic Landscape Characterisation as probably of medieval origin, depicted on the Tithe Map for Bibury and the Ordnance Survey 25inch First Edition map. The boundaries have been cleared by 1946.
The former boundaries remain visible as earthworks under pasture on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 but have been near levelled by 2007 when the plot has been turned over to crop cultivation.

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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