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| HER Number: | MDV114457 |
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| Name: | Field Boundaries at Whitchurch |
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Summary
Field boundaries of possible medieval date were visible on aerial photographs as a linear and curvilinear earthwork and cropmark ditches to the north and south of St Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Tavistock.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 493 726 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tavistock |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/2501/4114-5 (Interpretation). SDV346287.
The transcription from aerial photographs RAF/CPE/UK/2501/4114-5 of a cropmark of a linear earthwork ditch, probably a former field boundary, corresponds closely to a database record of an earthwork field system recorded as being of ‘unknown medieval’ date, to the north of St Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch. A transcribed curvilinear earthwork ditch approximately 200 metres to the south from the same source, and a third DITCH also visible as an earthwork circa 250 metres to the north-west, ON photographs RAF/V17/170/0016-7, were also probably evidence of former field boundaries, and probably part of the same database record.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.
The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photographs is not included.
Further transcriptions to the east, within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park, were also probably evidence of former field boundaries, and probably part of the same database record, but were not included in this monument record.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346287 | Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). RAF/CPE/UK/2501/4114-5. |
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| SDV359374 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 18 2016 5:57PM |
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