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| HER Number: | MDV127795 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow west of Whympston Cross, Modbury |
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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 north-west facing slopes to the west of Whympston Farm. The ditches are not identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and have probably been levelled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 668 500 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Modbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MODBURY |
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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 FS 2099-2100 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.
NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6650 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.
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.
Four curvilinear and roughly parallel ditches are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks up to circa 1.5m wide and up to 95m long, closely following the contours of the north-west facing combe slope to the west of Whympston Cross.
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, they were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The ditches are not identifiable as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 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 FS 2099-2100 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124658 ] |
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| SDV361514 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor. Digital. LIDAR SX6650 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: 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: | Mar 6 2020 10:52AM |
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