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Summary

The relict remains of a former field system are visible as numerous curvilinear earthwork banks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards and on visualisations of lidar data captured in 2007. In common with the relict field systems of The Warren and Bolt Head, they could contain prehistoric elements.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020575: Medieval farmstead, boundary work and earthwork enclosures 350m south east of Middle Soar
• Scheduled Monument 1019533: Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar
• Listed Building (II) 1306684: BARN, SHIPPON AND FOLDYARD, WALL ABOUT 200 METRES SOUTH OF EAST SOAR FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Curvilinear field boundaries depicted in this location are mostly medieval in character.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2023-2024 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A few curvilinear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 31-MAR-2007 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Numerous broad curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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.

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks, between circa 5 and 20 metres wide, are visible on digital visualisations of lidar data captured in 2007. Some indications of the banks are visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s, but they are not clear, and the width of the banks suggest they have been spread and somewhat levelled by agricultural activity. This area of land lies between the level area of the airfield and the rough ground of the coastal strip, and the extant field system here appears mostly medieval in character. The earthwork banks do not fit closely into the layout, and are likely to be earlier in origin. Some are on the same alignment as, and appear to be continuations of, the more clearly defined relict boundaries recorded in rough ground to the south at The Warren and Bolt Head (MDV36183 & MDV36184), and it is possible that they incorporate later prehistoric elements.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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)

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