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Summary

Curvilinear enclosure, Parkham Ash. Visible on Ordnance Survey 1880s-90s First Edition 25 inch map.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Part of medieval strip field system at Parkham Ash

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Curvilinear enclosure is visible.

Green, T., 2000, Early Enclosures in a Landscape of Dispersed Settlement: An Examination of Patterns Detected in the Field Boundaries of North Devon and West Somerset, 3, 22, 23, (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.

A close examination of the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and the 1840s tithe maps of part of the south-western region of England reveals, within the field-patterns, curving boundaries which appear to form enclosures. These 'curvilinear enclosures' become nuclei in the development of local field-patterns, hence they may be thought to pre-date that which surrounds them. Settlement closely associated with these enclosures may therefore also be suspected to have an early origin.

Parkham Ash is a striking example of a curvilinear enclosure, standing out very clearly even on the most recent maps. The enclosing boundary is all the more apparent because of the pattern of long, strip fields inside it which is clearly different from that outside. Map object based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Curvilinear enclosure is visible. Map object based on this Source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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