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Summary

A curvilinear bank aligned approximately east to west is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs from 1946 and as a cropmark in 1999. A difference in width between this and the hedgebank with which it is contiguous corresponds to a difference in symbology on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping. Presumably this is a medieval hedgebank, with differential preservation or construction between its east and west ends.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A curvilinear field boundary is depicted, aligned roughly east to west. The western end is portrayed as a dotted rather than a solid line, suggesting a difference in physical form.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, 4001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.

A curvilinear earthwork is visible as a narrower bank at the west end of an otherwise extant field boundary. Other details: NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 F20 4001 12-OCT-1946.

GetMapping, 1999, 089/99, 0260-0261 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349037.

A pale curvilinear cropmark is visible at the west end of an earthwork bank that was formerly a field boundary. Other details: DCC GM/89/99 0260-0261 24-JUL-1999.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A curvilinear bank aligned approximately east to west is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs from 1946 and as a cropmark in 1999. It is contiguous with a hedgebank on the east, which was extant in 1946 but has been lowered, if not levelled, since. The earthwork feature and the hedgebank are depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping as a solid line on the east and a dotted line on the west. It is likely to be the remains of a medieval hedgebank, with differential preservation or construction between the east and west ends. The eastern part appears extant in aerial photographs of 1946, when the western section is visible as a very narrow bank, and by 1999 the western end is visible only as a pale cropmark, while the eastern end is still visible as a curvilinear bank.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349037	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 089/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 0260-0261.
SDV349050	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4001. [Mapped feature: #108081 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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