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| HER Number: | MDV127694 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow north-west of Higher Cumery House, Bigbury |
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Summary
A catch meadow of probable 19th to early 20th century date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches closely following the contours of the south-east facing combe slopes to the north-west of Higher Cumery House. The earthworks have probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 667 492 |
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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 Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD to 1946 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3082-3083 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
Curvilinear ditches are visible 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.
Three curvilinear and roughly parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks circa 1m wide and up to circa 120m long, closely following the contours of the south-east facing combe slopes to the north-west of Higher Cumery House.
The channels are probably the remains of catch meadow gutters of 19th to early 20th century date. Catch meadows abstracted water from springs or streams to irrigated combe slopes rather than valley floors. Probably originating in the medieval period, ‘catch gutter’ water meadows were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The ditches are not identifiable as earthworks on more recent sources available to the survey and have probably been levelled.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3082-3083 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124489 ] |
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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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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 27 2020 3:26PM |
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