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| HER Number: | MDV127729 |
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| Name: | Field boundary north of Higher Cumery House, Bigbury |
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Summary
A field boundary of probable medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as a curvilinear earthwork bank on the south-facing slopes north of Higher Cumery House. The earthwork has probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 668 492 |
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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
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Bigbury.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3082-3083 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor (Cartographic). SDV361514.
The bank is not identifiable as an earthwork.
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.
A curvilinear bank is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as an earthwork bank 4 to 6m wide and circa 100m long, north of Higher Cumery House.
The bank is interpreted as the remains of a field boundary of medieval date.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Bigbury and was therefore probably removed prior to the 1840s. The bank bank also appears to be cut by at least 2 catch meadow gutters of probable 19th century date.
The bank was probably partly levelled during the construction of a dwelling in this plot in the second half of the 20th century. The remainder of the bank is not identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and has also 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: #124537 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. |
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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 28 2020 4:32PM |
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