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Summary

Curvilinear enclosure visible on 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey map, which is thought to enclose an early medieval field system.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1105033: GARDEN WALL EXTENDING TO SOUTH OF GREAT POTHERIDGE
• Listed Building (I) 1147436: GREAT POTHERIDGE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Roman to Saxon - 410 AD (Not applicable) to 1065 AD (Not applicable))
• ENCLOSED FIELD SYSTEM (Post Roman to Saxon - 410 AD (Between) to 1065 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Curvilinear enclosure visible, divided into six plots.

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, 58 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.

In many cases, the name is convincingly descriptive of the topography. The enclosure of Great Potheridge, 'Porriga' in 1086, straddles a ridge, while the settlement nestles, well watered, at the head of a south-east facing combe below. Map object based on this Source.

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

Minor changes in the area of the farmstead, otherwise division of fields remain the same as shown on the Ordnance Survey 1880s-1890s First Edition map. 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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