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Summary

The remains of a probable post-medieval or 19th century catchmeadow are visible as linear and curvilinear earthwork ditches on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. Sluices are depicted on the historic mapping.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/198

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

Leats + sluice gate from above ngr to st31600228 shown on os 6" (1886) map possibly for irrigation (carter).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97067.

Des=carter,r. W.(chard history group)/appendix b - chardstock parish checklist/(april 1999)/in chardstock pf.

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1118-1119 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359646.

Several linear and curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST3101 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Several linear and curvilinear earthwork ditches are 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 network of linear and curvilinear earthwork ditches are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They form a rough grid; wider ditches are aligned cross-contour and seem to have been taken off a substantial channel on the west which probably originated at a sluicegate to the north on the River Kit. Narrower channels run perpendicular to these and many are aligned slightly downslope, apparently distributing the water across the field. The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval or 19th century catchmeadow water management system. No channels are depicted on the available historic mapping and the system may have gone out of use by the late-19th century. Sluices and water channels are depicted to the north-east and north-west on the historic mapping and so have not been transcribed as part of this project.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST3101 Environment Agency DSM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #97213 ]
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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SDV359646	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1975. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1975 FP 1118-1119 11-APR-1947.
SDV47986	Migrated Record: CARTER.
SDV97067	Migrated Record:

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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