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| HER Number: | MDV74382 |
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| Name: | Water Meadows south of Lydcott Hall |
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Summary
Evidence of a water meadow system to the south of Lydcott Hall
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 693 359 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS63NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Brayford |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HIGH BRAY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1488891
- National Monuments Record: SS 63 NE 53
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER MEADOW (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 2007 - 2009, National Monuments Record Index incorporating Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme for SS63NE (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343039.
A Post Medieval water meadow system, known locally as a catchwater meadow, is visible on aerial photographs as a series of earthworks south west of Lydcott Hall, Brayford. A series of approximately parallel gutters were used to distribute flowing water evenly over the surface of the meadow in order to prevent freezing in winter and encourage early growth in spring, thereby providing extra feed for livestock. This system appears to be connected to the farmyard at South Lydcott, suggesting that this was an integrated system which also distributed liquid manure as fertiliser to the fields. Several of the leats are still in use as drains and are marked on the Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map. Other details: Monument Number 1488891.
Knight, S., 2008, Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford (Personal Comment). SDV340563.
Lydcott retains evidence of a very complete water management system which includes numerous leats, mostly surviving as earthworks, running across steep slopes as part of a catch meadow system.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV340563 | Personal Comment: Knight, S.. 2008. Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford. Not Applicable. |
| SDV343039 | National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2007 - 2009. National Monuments Record Index incorporating Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme for SS63NE. National Monuments Record Index. A4 Unbound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV75782 | Related to: Leat from Gratton Farm to Lydcott Hall (Monument) |
| MDV74396 | Related to: Lydcott Farm, Brayford (Monument) |
| MDV74383 | Related to: Water Meadows and Leat east of Little Bray Farm (Monument) |
| MDV75781 | Related to: Water Meadows east of Little Bray Farm (Monument) |
| MDV75780 | Related to: Water Meadows south of South Lydcott Wood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4382 - Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford
- EDV4547 - Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 28 2009 10:20AM |
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