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HER Number:MDV131984
Name:Field boundaries west of Offwell, Offwell

Summary

Two curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank are visible as very subtle earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 and interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin, that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 191 996
Map Sheet:SY19NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishOffwell
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOFFWELL

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

One of the ditches aligns with a kink in a depicted perpendicular field boundary.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR SY1999 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Two curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank are visible as earthworks.

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

Two curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank are visible as very subtle parallel earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. All the earthworks are north-east to south-west orientated and each approximately 10m in width. The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on historic maps. One of the ditches appears to align with a kink in a perpendicular field boundary to the north. The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin, that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359714Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR SY1999 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016. [Mapped features: #134144 ; #134145 ; #134146 ]
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV363914Interpretation: Sims, R., Knight, S. & Houghton, E.. 2020-2021. East Devon AONB Lidar Assessment and Desk based Assessment. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Date Last Edited:Nov 12 2021 4:15PM