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HER Number:MDV129948
Name:Field boundary south-west of Hele, St Giles on the Heath

Summary

A curvilinear bank south-west of Hele is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 and is interpreted as a field boundary of probable medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 333 914
Map Sheet:SX39SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSt. Giles on the Heath
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishST.GILES ON THE HEATH

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

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The bank does not correspond with any depicted features.

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.

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 05-FEB-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A curvilinear cropmark corresponding to the earthwork bank is faintly 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 bank situated in a field immediately south-west of Hele, between circa 4 and 5 metres in width and orientated approximately north-east to south-west, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013.
The bank does not correspond with any features depicted on the available 19th century historic maps, however it is parallel to adjacent field boundaries. The bank is faintly visible as a cropmark on aerial imagery dating to 2001.
The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. The medieval settlement of Hele is recorded adjacent (MDV113674).
The bank is interpreted as a medieval field boundary, that may have formed part of a strip field system, and that passed out of use by circa 1880.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV363088Aerial Photograph: Google. 2019. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 05-FEB-2021.
SDV363955Cartographic: 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: #128713 ]
SDV364011Interpretation: 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.

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:Feb 8 2021 4:00PM