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Summary

Field boundaries of possible medieval origin are visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, under the tree cover of Hooksbury Wood, Shaugh Prior. The earthworks have probably been partly destroyed by modern quarrying.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/166

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV149416.

Des=dcc plan(-/6/1982)in parish file.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV149417.

Des=amax plan(-/8/1982)in parish file.

DCC/AMAX, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV149446.

Relict boundaries in hooksbury wood. Boundaries on os map shown as medieval + later system. Also short stretch of leat in wood at sx55755960 (dcc/amax).

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5559 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5559 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

The easternmost boundaries have been destroyed by quarrying. The westernmost might survive as earthworks under the dense tree cover of the surviving extent of Hooksbury Wood.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Linear banks and ditches up to circa 2m wide are visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, under the tree cover of Hooksbury Wood, Shaugh Prior.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the 19th or early 20th century maps available to the survey, which depict this area as woodland throughout the mid to later 19th century. The earthworks are however in keeping with the character of the surrounding depicted field pattern which is potentially of medieval origin.
The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval origin that were probably no longer in use by the mid-19th century.
The easternmost boundaries have probably been destroyed by the western extension of modern quarrying, but the westernmost might survive as earthworks under the surviving extent of Hooksbury Wood.

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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