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Summary

A linear earthwork, visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005, is interpreted as the remains of a former field boundary, removed prior to the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No features are depicted in this location.

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

A line of trees is depicted between ST0560012288 and ST0566512172.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3324-3325 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

A linear ditch is indistinctly visible, to the north of a low earthwork bank. Map object partly based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1966, OS/66184 V, OS/66184 V 143-144 22-JUL-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357044.

A linear earthwork ditch is partly visible between ST0561712244 and ST0563512208, and a linear ditch is visible as a cropmark to the north of this.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0412 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

A linear earthwork ditch is just visible between ST0560012288 and ST0566512172. Map object partly based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2006, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0512 03-JUN-2006 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351300.

A linear cropmark is visible on this infra-red image.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Probable former field boundaries are visible as linear earthworks in two fields on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005. In the northernmost field the earthwork appears to be a ditch, circa 2.5 metres wide and terminating at a dog-leg in the extant field boundary to the south. The earthwork in the southernmost field appears to have included a slight earthwork bank in 1946; this had been removed by 1966. The ditch here is up to circa 4 metres in width and corresponds to a line of trees depicted on the late-19th century mapping, presumably the remnants of a former field boundary. As no field boundaries are depicted in these locations on the Tithe Map they are assumed to have fallen out of use by the mid-19th century, and they are assumed to be of post-medieval or possibly medieval date. Earthwork remains are likely to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351300	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2006. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0512 03-JUN-2006. [Mapped feature: #67334 ]
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3324-3325 04-NOV-1946.
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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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0412 Environment Agency DTM 19-DEC-2005.
SDV357044	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1966. OS/66184 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/66184 V 143-144 22-JUL-1966.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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