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| HER Number: | MDV102171 |
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| Name: | Relict field boundary, Northam |
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Summary
A relict field boundary of probable post-medieval or modern date is visible on aerial photographs of 1975 as a low earthwork bank on the north facing slopes above the coast at Westward Hol!, Northam.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 421 289 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Northam |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1890 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A field boundary is not depicted in this location.
Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75144, NMR OS/75144 045-046 24-MAY-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349078.
A low south-west to north-east earthwork bank is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A relict field boundary of probable post-medieval or modern date is visible on aerial photographs of 1975 as a low earthwork bank on the north facing slopes above the coast at Westward Hol!, Northam. The bank is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey map of the 1880s-1890s and is therefore likely to have passed out of use prior to its publication.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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. |
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| SDV349078 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1975. OS/75144. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/75144 045-046 24-MAY-1975. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 12 2015 3:30PM |
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