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| HER Number: | MDV128382 |
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| Name: | Field boundaries east of Sheepham Bridge, Modbury |
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Summary
Banks and ditches identifiable as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the south-east facing slopes overlooking the Sheepham Brook, east of Sheepham Bridge, are probably the remains of former field boundaries, potentially of medieval date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 660 529 |
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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
- 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 correspond in part with a boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4097-4098 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Curvilinear banks and ditches are visible.
Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR SX65SE Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.
Curvilinear banks and ditches are identifiable.
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.
Linear banks and hollows are identifiable as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the south-east facing slopes overlooking the Sheepham Brook.
A bank at circa SX65995288 corresponds in part with a truncated boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury. The field pattern in this area has been characterised as being of medieval origin.
It is probable that the remaining relict earthworks are also evidence of former field boundaries of medieval date that were cleared prior to the early-19th century.
Ditches of a probably later-19th century catch meadow are visible cutting the earlier boundary earthworks and area recorded separately as MDV128313.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4097-4098 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #125798 ] |
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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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| 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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| SDV363691 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2019. National Lidar Programme. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX65SE Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019. |
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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: | Sep 8 2020 1:08PM |
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