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Summary

Field boundaries of possible medieval origin are visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018 as cropmarks of ditches crossing the contours of the south-facing slopes north-east of South Huish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The westernmost cropmark corresponds with a boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for West Alvington.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The westernmost cropmark corresponds with a boundary depicted on the Ordnance Survey Second Edition 25inch map.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4128-4129 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

The extant field boundary has been removed.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 21-JUL-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Curvilinear ditches are visible as cropmarks.

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.

Cropmarks of three roughly parallel curvilinear ditches up to circa 2m wide and 170m long are visible on aerial photographs of 1989 crossing the contours of the south-facing slopes north-east of South Huish.
The westernmost cropmark corresponds with a boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for West Alvington, and which remained extant into the early-20th century but removed by the 1940s. The cropmarks to the east do not correspond with any depicted field boundaries and are therefore probably evidence of field boundaries that been removed by the early 19th century.
A fourth, west-to east aligned cropmark crosses the northern end of the former field boundaries and might be evidence of a smaller enclosed plot.
The surrounding field pattern has been characterised by HLC as post medieval enclosure, sometimes called Barton Fields. These were probably laid out between the 15th-18th centuries, but curving boundaries, such as those recorded here, possibly follow earlier divisions in the pre-existing medieval fields.

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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