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Summary

Two parallel curvilinear earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1959. They are interpreted as relict medieval field boundaries that fell into disuse in the second half of the nineteenth century, and may now have been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Warren and Co. Surveyors., 1844, First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts. (Cartographic). SDV349361.

Field boundaries are depicted in these locations.

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

No field boundaries are depicted in these locations.

Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0053-0054 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.

Two curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Two curvilinear earthwork banks, one approximately 2.5 metres wide and the other approximately 3 metres wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1959. They are parallel to each other and approximately 40 metres apart. Field boundaries are depicted in these locations on the 1844 Tithe map, but not the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping, and the banks are likely to be relict medieval field boundaries that fell into disuse in the second half of the nineteenth century. They are not visible on any available later aerial photographs and may have been levelled.

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.
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SDV349064	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0053-0054 30-JUN-1959. [Mapped features: #61624 ; #61625 ]
SDV349361	Cartographic: Warren and Co. Surveyors.. 1844. First copy of the map of the Parish of Hartland in the County of Devon in two Parts.. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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