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| HER Number: | MDV128486 |
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| Name: | Field boundaries east of Modbury |
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Summary
Field boundaries of probable medieval origin are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the south-west and north-east combe facing slopes east of Modbury.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 665 517 |
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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 Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 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 field boundaries 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.
Banks are visible as earthworks.
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89037, OS/89037 V 201-202 07-MAR-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352115.
Banks are visible as earthworks.
Environment Agency, 2019, National Lidar Programme, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363691.
Banks 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.
Linear and curvilinear ditched banks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on the south-west and north-east combe facing slopes east of Modbury.
Some of the banks on the north-west facing slopes correspond with field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Modbury. The banks fall within a field pattern characterised as probably first enclosed in the medieval period. None are depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.
This might support the interpretation that the banks are the remains of field boundaries of medieval origin that were partly cleared in the post-medieval period prior to 1840, and the remaining banks cleared by circa 1880.
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. |
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| SDV352115 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89037. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89037 V 201-202 07-MAR-1989. |
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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 Environment Agency DTM 25-FEB-2019. [Mapped feature: #125962 ] |
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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: | Jun 11 2020 12:30PM |
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