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Summary

A linear ditch and bank north of West Stowford are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The earthworks align with a short section of extant track to the east and are interpreted as a field boundary flanking a further section of post-medieval trackway that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The bank and ditch do not correspond with any features depicted, however the track to the east is depicted.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

An earthwork bank and ditch are visible.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

An east-west orientated ditch and bank both circa 7 metres in width are visible as subtle linear earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features in the available historic maps from the mid-19th century. They are situated in the northern part of a field in parallel with an extant field boundary and align with an extant section of east-west orientated access track to the immediate east, which concludes at the bounds of the field.
The earthworks are interpreted as a field boundary flanking a section of post-medieval trackway that probably provided access to the plot to the west, and that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 813.5 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Bank not shown on epoch 1 or tithe map. Ss3055 1348

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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