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| HER Number: | MDV127787 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow east of Worthy Farm, Thurlestone |
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Summary
A catch meadow of probable 19th to early 20th century date is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as narrow curvilinear earthwork ditches on the south-facing combe slopes east of Worthy Farm. The gutters remain visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 694 447 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Thurlestone |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | THURLESTONE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (XVIII to World War II - 1800 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4133 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
Ordnance Survey, 1983, OS/83046, OS/83046 V 227-228 15-APR-1983 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351062.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
GetMapping, 1999, 122/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/122/99 065-066 15-NOV-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351205.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6944 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.
Curvilinear ditches are 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.
Two curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks up to circa 3m wide and up to circa 470m long on aerial photographs of 1945, following the contours of the south-facing combe slopes east of Worthy Farm.
The channels are probably the gutters of a former catch meadow 19th to early 20th century date.
Such systems irrigated combe slopes rather than valley floors using water abstracted from springs or streams. Originating in the medieval period they were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The gutters remain identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351060 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4133 01-NOV-1945. [Mapped feature: #124649 ] |
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| SDV351062 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1983. OS/83046. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/83046 V 227-228 15-APR-1983. |
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| SDV351205 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 122/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Devon County Council GetMapping/122/99 065-066 15-NOV-1999. |
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| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. LIDAR SX6944 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV128341 | Related to: Catchmeadow south-west of Worthy, Thurlestone (Monument) |
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: | Jun 30 2020 5:19PM |
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