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Summary

Banks and ditches visible on aerial photographs as earthworks and cropmarks to the east of Home Farm, Mamhead are probably the remains of field boundaries of possible post medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SW/148

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292269.

Des=ea/haldon ridge survey/(4/3/1997)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292270.

Manning, p. T. + walmsley, l. P. /devon county council haldon ridge archaeological survey phase ii/(1997)7;no 337/(ea report 97.43).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=4/3/1997 (ea) substantial bank runs n from s hedgebank. At s end c.1.25m high x c.1.5m wide, but diminishes as runs n although still visible as low rise as far as n hedgebank. Does not appear to continue in field to n. Feature existed when landowner bought farm 35+ years ago (ea).

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

The visible earthworks and cropmarks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Mamhead.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79084, OS/79084 V 213-214 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355830.

North to south ditches and an earthwork bank were visible immediately north-east of Home Farm Cottages.

Next Perspectives, 2015-2017, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9380-SX9381 19-JUL-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361515.

Cropmarks of north to south levelled banks wre visible at circa SX93978102.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Slight banks and ditches are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of 1979 and 2016 to the east of Home Farm, Mamhead. The visible cropmarks and earthworks are aligned roughly north to south and measure up to circa 93 metres long and between 4 and 8 metres wide. They do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Mamhead, plot 154 being listed as an orchard, but are in keeping with the character of the surrounding field pattern. The visible earthworks and cropmarks are interpreted as former field boundaries of possible post medieval date, that were cleared prior to the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV292269	Migrated Record:
SDV292270	Migrated Record:
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV355830	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79084. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79084 V 213-214 28-AUG-1979.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361515	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2015-2017. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX9380-SX9381 19-JUL-2016.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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