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Summary

A curvilinear ditched bank, possible a former field boundary bank or drain of medieval to 20th century date, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 closely following the contours of the south-facing combe slopes between Best Park and Modbury.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• DRAIN (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1946 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

A curvilinear bank circa 3.5 to 4.5m wide and 167m long, flanked by narrow ditches up to 2.5m wide is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 closely following the contours of the south-facing combe slopes between Best Park and Modbury.
The visible earthworks resemble a relict field boundary bank of medieval to post-medieval date, but do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury; They are also not in keeping with the surrounding field pattern, which has been characterised as medieval in character.
The south-west end of the curvilinear earthworks might be aligned on a drain depicted on the current Ordnance Survey MasterMap base map, and an alternative interpretation as a drainage feature of 19th to 20th century date might be more credible.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4096-4097 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Curvilinear banks and ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019LIDAR 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.

A curvilinear bank circa 3.5 to 4.5m wide and 167m long, flanked by narrow ditches up to 2.5m wide is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 closely following the contours of the south-facing combe slopes between Best Park and Modbury.
The visible earthworks resemble a relict field boundary bank of medieval to post-medieval date, but do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury; They are also not in keeping with the surrounding field pattern, which has been characterised as medieval in character.
The south-west end of the curvilinear earthworks might be aligned on a drain depicted on the current Ordnance Survey MasterMap base map, and an alternative interpretation as a drainage feature of 19th to 20th century date might be more credible.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

The south-west end of the curvilinear earthworks might be aligned on a drain depicted on the current Ordnance Survey MasterMap base map.

Sources / Further Reading

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)

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