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HER Number: | MDV107414 |
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Name: | Catch Meadow to the southwest of Netherstonhaies |
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Summary
A catch meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the southwest of Netherstonhaies.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 978 067 |
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Map Sheet: | SS90NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Bradninch |
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District | Mid Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BRADNINCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CATCH MEADOW (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
It is possible that the catch meadow was associated with a small farmstead to the south called Holm which is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4312-13 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.
The catch meadow is visible as a series of earthwork ditches.
Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9706 29-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356896.
Faint traces of the catch meadow are visible as a single earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A catch meadow of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, to the southwest of Netherstonhaies. Most catch meadow systems are believed to date to the post medieval period, although it is likely that they were first developed in the medieval period. Catch meadows provided a simple, inexpensive and effective form of irrigation. When irrigation was required water was diverted from a source such as a pond, river, spring or spring-fed stream and passed along the meadow slopes via one or more of the gutters, which was then caused to overflow. The lower, roughly parallel gutters then ‘caught’ and redistributed water passing it evenly over the surface of a meadow below. The gently flowing water prevented the ground freezing in winter and encouraged early growth in spring, thereby providing extra feed for livestock, particularly important during the hungry gap of March and April. The catch meadow covers an area of approximately 0.44 hectares of northeast facing slope. The system comprises a series of gutters which measure less than 2m in width and appear to tap a spring-fed stream that either rises approximately 400m to the southwest or 500m to the west. It is unclear from the aerial photographs alone with which farm this water meadow system might have been associated with. Not being directly linked to a farmstead it probably operated as a ‘detached’ system. The catch meadow remains partly visible as a single earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002.
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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SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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SDV356896 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9706 29-SEP-2002. |
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SDV356902 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4312-13 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #66870 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV18813 | Related to: Holme Farm, Bradninch (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
Date Last Edited: | Aug 16 2017 10:25AM |
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