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| HER Number: | MDV127701 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow north-west of Combe Farm, Aveton Gifford |
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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 on the west-facing combe slopes north-west of Combe Farm. Some probably survive as slight earthworks.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 694 492 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Aveton Gifford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AVETON GIFFORD |
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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 3078-3079 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
Ditches are visible as curvilinear earthworks.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6949 20-APR-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.
Ditches are visible as subtle curvilinear earthworks.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6949 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.
Ditches are visible as subtle curvilinear 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.
Six or more and roughly parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks up to circa 2.5m wide and up to circa 180m long, closely following the contours of the west-facing combe slopes north-west of Combe.
The channels are probably the remains of a catch meadow of 19th to early 20th century date. Catch meadows abstracted from springs or streams and redistributed it along channels or gutters to irrigate combe slopes rather than valley floors. Originating in the medieval period they were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Two or three the upper gutters are identifiable as very slight and fragmentary earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 but most are not 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 3078-3079 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124499 ] |
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| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. LIDAR SX6949 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. |
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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 SX6949 20-APR-2015. |
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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 5:51PM |
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