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| HER Number: | MDV102626 |
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| Name: | Former drainage channel, north-west of Braunton Great Field. |
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Summary
A fragment of a probable former drainage channel of probable post-medieval date is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards, to the north-west of Braunton Great Field.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 469 370 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LAND IMPROVEMENT DRAIN (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1841 AD)
Full description
Alex Doull, 1841, Part 1 Plan of the Parish of Braunton in the County Devon (Cartographic). SDV349930.
The visible earthwork ditch does not correspond with features depicted on the tithe map.
Royal Air Force, 1949, RAF/541/402, NMR RAF/541/402 3037-3038 18-NOV-1949 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349942.
A linear earthwork ditch is visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89115, NMR OS/89115 345-346 04-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349086.
A subtle earthwork ditch remains visible
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A fragment of a probable former drainage channel of probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs of 1949 onwards, as a 110 metres long earthwork between circa SS 46883710 and SS 46963703, to the north-west of Braunton Great Field. The relict channel falls within an extant pattern of drains which are depicted on the 1841 tithe map for Braunton, but does not itself correspond with the depicted water management system. This is interpreted as indicating that this section of drain had probably passed out if use by this date. The former drain is visible as a subtle earthwork on aerial photographs of 1989 but has not been noted on aerial photographs of a later date.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV349086 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89115. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/89115 345-346 04-MAY-1989. |
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| SDV349930 | Cartographic: Alex Doull. 1841. Part 1 Plan of the Parish of Braunton in the County Devon. Tithe Map. |
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| SDV349942 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1949. RAF/541/402. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/541/402 3037-3038 18-NOV-1949. |
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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: | Jul 14 2016 12:16PM |
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