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Summary

A series of narrow curvilinear ditches are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are interpreted as irrigation gutters of a 19th to early 20th century catch meadow system.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (XIX to Early 20th Century - 1801 AD (Between) to 1932 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A drain is depicted closely to the west, which may feed into the gutters.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY2095 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A series of narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E., 2020-2021, East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV363914.

A series of narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They do not correspond to any features depicted on historic maps. They closely follow the contours of the north facing slope north of Pookhayne. A drain is depicted immediately to the west. The ditches are interpreted as irrigation gutters of a 19th to early 20th century catch meadow system.
Catch meadows abstracted from springs or streams and redistributed it along channels or gutters to irrigate combe slopes rather than valley floors. Originating in the medieval period they were in widespread use in Devon in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment

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