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Summary

A section of curvilinear bank east of Biteford Farm is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The ditch is orientated approximately east-west, in parallel with former field boundaries to the north and south and is interpreted as a section of medieval field boundary that passed out of use in the mid-19th century.

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

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

The bank does not correspond to any depicted features, however surrounding parallel field boundaries are depicted

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The bank does not correspond to any features, however surrounding parallel field boundaries are shown.

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 is 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 curvilinear bank circa 4 metres in width is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data. The bank is situated in a field on west sloping ground above the River Torridge to the immediate east of Biteford Farm.
The bank does not correspond with any features depicted on the available 19th century historic maps, however it is in parallel with former field boundaries to the north and south. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. Evidence of medieval enclosures are depicted on historic maps and aerial imagery surrounding Biteford Farm up until the mid-20th century, after which the land was incorporated into large fields.
The earthwork bank is interpreted as a section of field boundary of probable medieval origin that may have formed part of a strip field system and was removed prior to circa 1840.

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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