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| HER Number: | MDV129839 |
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| Name: | Field boundary east of Upcott, Welcombe. |
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Summary
A curvilinear ditch east of Upcott is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and is interpreted as a medieval field boundary that passed out of use by the mid-19th century and may have formed part of a strip field system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 248 178 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS21NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Welcombe |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WELCOMBE |
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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 ditch does not correspond with any depicted features.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
The earthwork ditch corresponds to what appears to be a curvilinear bank visible in aerial photographs from the 1940s.
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 ditch 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.
A curvilinear ‘reverse-J’ shaped ditch orientated approximately north-south and between circa 3 metres and 6 metres in width is situated in a field east of Upcott and is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
The ditch does not correspond with any features depicted on 19th century historic maps or modern maps, however it does correspond to a bank visible on aerial imagery from the 1940s. It is in parallel to an extant field boundary. The historic landscape is characterised as post-medieval enclosures. A former medieval strip field system is recorded to the immediate south (MDV75376).
The ditch is interpreted as a medieval field boundary that may have formed part of a strip field system, and that passed out of use prior to circa 1840 but remained visible as a bank until the mid-20th century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV363955 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. [Mapped feature: #128514 ] |
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| SDV364011 | Interpretation: 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). Digital. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2021 1:05PM |
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