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HER Number:MDV26977
Name:Field system on Holwell Lawn, Manaton

Summary

Field system with extensive ridge and furrow visible on NMR 1977 aerial image at SX 7440 7820, merging with another field system around SX 7450 7840.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 743 781
Map Sheet:SX77NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishManaton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishILSINGTON
Ecclesiastical ParishMANATON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Field system at Holwell Lawn, Manaton

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/271
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX7478, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV345710.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Field system with extensive ridge and furrow visible on NMR 1977 aerial image at SX 7440 7820, merging with another field system around SX 7450 7840.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Field system visible on aerial photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV365447.

Remains of the field system visible on the lidar data, including large swathes of ridge and furrow.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV345590Aerial Photograph: Cartographic Engineering. 2006. Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital.
SDV345710Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX7478. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 9.
SDV365447Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142126 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV134718Parent of: Enclosure within field system on Holwell Lawn (Monument)
MDV26976Related to: Field system on Hedge Down, Manaton (Monument)
MDV7509Related to: Field system on Houndtor Down, Manaton (Monument)
MDV7553Related to: Holwell Lane Commons Farmstead, Manaton (Monument)
MDV134720Related to: Hut south-east of enclosure on Holwell Lawn (Monument)
MDV134719Related to: Hut within field system on Holwell Lawn (Monument)
MDV26954Related to: Medieval Field System surrounding Holwell Farm (Monument)
MDV134721Related to: Possible hut south-east of enclosure on Holwell Lawn (Monument)
MDV26813Related to: Ridge and furrow on the east side of Bonehill Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 23 2024 11:41AM