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| HER Number: | MDV73874 |
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| Name: | Field system on Rackenford Moor |
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Summary
Low banks visible on 1946-1949 Royal Air Force aerial photographs of Rackenford Moor. Two large fields show clearly and their north-south sides run roughly parallel to existing boundary to the east.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 857 210 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS82SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Knowstone |
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| Civil Parish | Rackenford |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KNOWSTONE |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | RACKENFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork banks of relict field system on Rackenford Moor
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Unknown date)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK221, 5091-5093 (Aerial Photograph). SDV338986.
Low banks visible on RAF photography, possibly connected to the extensive field system on Hares Moor immediately to the west, although the latter appears to have smaller and less regular fields surviving. Other details: 14/104-106.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV338986 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. 3G/TUD/UK221. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5091-5093. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV19731 | Related to: Hares Down Field System (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 21 2017 3:13PM |
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