See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

An area of possible medieval ridge and furrow and post-medieval to modern drainage ditches are visible as a series of earthworks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from LiDAR data captured between 1998-2012, to the south of Coombe Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RIDGE AND FURROW (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 4154-55 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354842.

The ridge and furrow and drainage ditches are visible as a series of earthwork banks and ditches.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1969, MAL/69014, MAL/69014 V 023-24 05-MAR-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355379.

The ridge and furrow and drainage ditches are visible as a series of earthwork banks and ditches.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DSM, LIDAR SY08SW DSM Environment Agency 1998-2012 (Cartographic). SDV355443.

The ridge and furrow and drainage ditches are visible as a series of earthwork banks and ditches.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

An area of possible medieval ridge and furrow and post-medieval to modern drainage ditches are visible as a series of earthworks on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and on digital images derived from LiDAR data captured between 1998-2012, to the south of Coombe Farm.The possible ridge and furrow (SY007849) is northeast to southwest aligned and occupies an area of approximately 0.45 hectares of gentle west facing slope. Historical mapping, however, defines much of the surrounding area as being occupied by a series of orchards and it is possible that these earthwork banks are in fact relict orchard banks as opposed to ridge and furrow. A series of co-axial drainage ditches, or possible relict field boundaries are also visible as earthwork ditches to the immediate northwest, in addition to a probable former east to west aligned field boundary visible as an earthwork ditch to the east. The earthworks remain visible on digital images derived from LiDAR data captured between 1998-2012.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV354842	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 4154-55 13-APR-1947.
SDV355379	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL/69014. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). MAL/69014 V 023-24 05-MAR-1969. [Mapped feature: #65155 ]
SDV355443	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DSM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY08SW DSM Environment Agency 1998-2012.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.