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| HER Number: | MDV127707 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow west of Green Bank 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 south-west facing combe slopes west of Green Bank Farm. The earthworks have probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 695 483 |
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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.
Six roughly parallel ditches are visible as earthworks.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6948 31-MAR-2003 (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.
Six roughly parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks circa 3m wide and up to 150m long, closely following the contours of the west-facing combe slopes, circa 750m west of Green Bank Farm.
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.
The gutters 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 3078-3079 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124504 ] |
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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 SX6948 31-MAR-2003. |
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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 28 2020 11:01AM |
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