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Summary

A short but broad linear earthwork bank was visible on the higher north-facing combe slopes north of Wilmington, Widworthy parish. The earthwork is probably the remains of a former field boundary, probably of medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SW/238

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) CULTIVATION TERRACE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

APH/R.PALMER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV133640.

Cultivation terrace identified on ap (aph/palmer).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV133641.

Des=palmer r/blackdown hills aonb aerial photographic assessment /(1992).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV133642.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The earthwork does not correspond with a depicted boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1436-1437 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

An earthwork bank was visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00973, OS/00973 V 246-247 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359480.

The earthwork bank remained visible.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

This area was probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks suggests that earlier it may have been farmed as open strip-fields.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2100 Bluesky International DTM 24 &30-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

The earthwork bank remained visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A linear earthwork bank was visible on the higher north-facing combe slopes north of Wilmington, Widworthy parish. The bank was aligned west-east for just over 50 metres and measured circa 10 metres wide. It did not correspond with any boundary depicted on the Tithe Map for Widworthy and had therefore been removed prior to the mid-19th century. It did appear to fall within the surrounding field pattern, that has been characterised as being probably based on medieval strip fields, and the earthwork is interpreted as probably the remains of a former field boundary, probably of medieval origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV133640	Migrated Record: APH/R.PALMER.
SDV133641	Migrated Record:
SDV133642	Migrated Record:
SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1436-1437 11-APR-1947.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359480	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00973. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00973 V 246-247 19-MAR-2000. [Mapped feature: #93474 ]
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2100 Bluesky International DTM 24 &30-APR-2016.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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