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Summary

Several conjoined earthwork ditches and banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, are interpreted as relict field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date that went out of use by the late-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/160

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV135473.

Six fields visible on ap running inside northern and north-western edge of south common, as shown on tm. None of these fields are shown on tm(aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV135475.

Des=aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/4321-2/(11/4/47).

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

The area is depicted as rough ground.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 4319-4320 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches and banks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=20/8/1993 (simpson and blackmore). Disturbed ground is visible at st30830205 which may in part reflect these boundaries. A low raised area or oval mound is visible at st30840212. Little trace is visible of the other former field boundaries.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST3102 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Curvilinear earthwork ditches and banks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

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

Several conjoined earthwork ditches and banks, between 2 and 4 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They seem to subdivide the west and north part of South Common into smaller adjacent fields, and are interpreted as relict field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date. They are not depicted on the available historic mapping suggesting that they went out of use by the late-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV135473	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV135475	Aerial Photograph:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. 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 4319-4320 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST3102 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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.
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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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