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HER Number:MDV80952
Name:Curvilinear Enclosure, Brownscombe

Summary

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

Location

Grid Reference:SS 502 245
Map Sheet:SS52SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHuntshaw
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishHUNTSHAM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Enclosure visible with a number of strip fields showing.

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, 70 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.

Brownscombe, an oval enclosing a combe, very much in the same manner as South Radworthy Map object based on this Source.

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

Many of the field boundaries to the strip fields are no longer present. Map object based on this Source.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346129Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital).
SDV347809Post-Graduate Thesis: 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. University of Exeter. A4 Stapled + Digital. 70.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 7 2022 12:10PM