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| HER Number: | MDV131756 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow west of Farwood House, Colyton |
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Summary
Curvilinear ditches leading from a natural flush are visible as earthworks 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
| Grid Reference: | SY 203 953 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Colyton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | COLYTON |
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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
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features. The plot is recorded as 'Northleigh Meadow' (Plot 1990).
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
A natural flush is visible.
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.
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.
Several curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The ditches are orientated north-west to south-east, approximately following the contours of the southwest facing slope. They appear to lead from a natural north-east to south-west orientated flush also visible as an earthwork and on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s. The ditches do not correspond with any features depicted on historic maps and are situated in a plot recorded as 'Northleigh Meadow' in the Tithe Survey. They 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
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY2095 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #133575 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV363914 | Interpretation: Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E.. 2020-2021. East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8340 - East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 26 2021 9:58AM |
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