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| HER Number: | MDV132101 |
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| Name: | Catch meadow south of Offwell, Offwell |
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Summary
Three curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. They are interpreted as the gutters of a 19th to early 20th century catch meadow system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 193 992 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY19NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Offwell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OFFWELL |
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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
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A spring is depicted to the east.
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.
Three 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.
Three narrow curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data captured in 2016. The ditches are orientated east to west and correspond closely with the topographical contours of the south facing slope. A spring is depicted to the east on the First and Second Edition OS maps. The ditches are situated in a plot of pasture recorded as 'Dry Close' on the Tithe Map. The ditches are interpreted as the gutters of a 19th to early 20th century catch meadow system, that may have irrigated a particularly dry plot of land.
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
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (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 SY1999 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #134562 ] |
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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: | Nov 25 2021 12:57PM |
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