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Summary

A field boundary of probable medieval origin is identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a subtle earthwork bank on the north-west facing slope to the north-east of Ilton Farm.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019947: Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthwork does not correspond with any feature depicted on the Tithe Map for Malborough.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4019-4020 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

The bank is not identifiabel as an earthwork. The boundaries to the south remain extant.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX7240 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A curvilinear bank is identifiable as an earthwork.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

This area was probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks suggests that earlier it may have been farmed as open strip-fields

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, 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 9m wide and 75m long is identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a subtle earthwork bank on the north-west facing slope to the north-east of Ilton farm.
The visible earthwork does not correspond with any feature depicted on the Tithe Map for Malborough. However, it is in keeping with the character of the field pattern depicted to the south, which was extant until the mid-20th century, and the surrounding field pattern has been characterised by HLC as medieval enclosure based on strip fields.
The relict earthwork is interpreted as evidence of a field boundary of medieval origin that had been removed prior to circa 1840.

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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