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Summary

Two parallel linear ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs between the 1940s and 2007. They are interpreted as hollow ways used to access water and may be medieval or post-medieval in date. One was still in use in the late nineteenth century, and at least one more may also survive to the north as an earthwork.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOLLOW WAY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors., 1840, Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon (Cartographic). SDV349395.

Two routeways, linking several buildings along the road to a small irregularly shaped land parcel circa 100 metres to the north-east, are depicted.

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

Two parallel routeways are depicted as hollow ways.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 71 (Monograph). SDV1312.

The settlement at Dyke is recorded as 'Westdich' in the 1333 Subsidy Rolls.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1989, NMR RAF CPE/UK/1989 1002-1003 12-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349551.

Two linear ditched features are visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3123 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

Two linear earthwork ditches are visible.

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

Two parallel linear ditched features, between 3.5 to 4.5 metres in width, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs between the 1940s and 2007. Two hollow ways are depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping, the more southern of which corresponds to the location of the northernmost earthwork. Several roadside buildings are depicted on the 1840 Tithe map, and the earthworks are likely to be routeways linking house plots to a small irregularly shaped land parcel approximately 100 metres to the north-east. The late nineteenth century mapping marks a well at this location suggesting that the routes were used to access a watersource, and presumably became hollow ways over time and through continued use. Settlement at 'Westdich' is recorded from the fourteenth century, and the hollow ways may therefore originate in the post-medieval or even the medieval period. At least three can be demonstrated, suggesting that each house plot may have had separate access, or that several consecutive hollow ways were established; one of those visible on aerial photographs presumably went out of use before the mid nineteenth century, whilst the other two were still in use in the late nineteenth century. All three may survive as earthworks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1312	Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. 71.
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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SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3123 22-AUG-2007.
SDV349395	Cartographic: T Woodmas & Co, Surveyors.. 1840. Map of the Parish of Clovelly, Devon. Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV349551	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1989. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF CPE/UK/1989 1002-1003 12-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #61879 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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