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Summary

An area of piecemeal enclosure defining a small field system of probable medieval to post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 to digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as earthworks banks and ditches at Baccamore Waste on the southern edge of Headon Down.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/152

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV156474.

Aph=nmr sf1747/264-267(21/4/1980).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV156475.

Aph=nmr sf1747/273-274(21/4/1980).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV156476.

Aph=raf cpe/uk 1890/1228-1230(10/12/1946).

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV26818.

Field system comprising field boundaries in enclosed land and boundaries extending from the enclosed land onto the moor. Some of these boundaries are broken up by footpaths. Extends from sx58225932 to sx59245976 and a further field boundary extending onto the moorland at sx59155997. Visible on the 1980 nmr and 1946 raf ap.(rchm app 1985).

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Plymton St Mary.

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

Tracks are depicted crossing the line of the relict boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1130-1131 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Linear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

Royal Air Force, 1962, RAF/58/5095, RAF/58/5095 F21 1 01-MAY-1962 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351597.

Linear and curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69296, OS/69296 V 016 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361475.

Linear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

National Monuments Record, 1980, NMR 1746, NMR 1747/262-264 21-APR-1980 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363132.

Linear and curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5859 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Linear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2021, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Linear and curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs 1946 onwards on the south-east facing slopes at Baccamore Waste on the southern edge of Headon Down.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey and but can be interpreted as being in keeping with the character of the field pattern south of the Down.
They are interpreted as evidence of piecemeal enclosure of probable medieval to post-medieval date defining a small field system on the southern edge of Headon Down, formerly Headon Common, that was cleared prior to the 1840s. No evidence of relict boundaries within the extant field pattern were identified.
The relict boundaries are cut in several places by later paths and tracks, some of which are depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map of circa 1880. Drains depicted on the current Ordnance Survey MasterMap adjacent to two of the boundaries probably originated as boundary ditches.
Many of the banks remain visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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