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Summary

A shallow linear ditch and sections of bank were visible on aerial photographs of 1982 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016 as earthworks on the south-facing slopes immediately east of Shaugh Farm, Luppitt. The ditch was probably evidence of a removed field boundary, potentially of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any depicted boundary.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1154-1155 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

A curvilinear earthwork ditch was visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

This area was probably first enclosed with hedge-banks during the later middle ages. The curving form of the hedge-banks suggests that earlier it may have been farmed as open strip-fields.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1703 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A shallow linear ditch and slight earthwork banks were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A shallow and slightly curvilinear ditch up to circa 4 metres wide and 110 metres long was visible on aerial photographs of 1982 as an earthwork former on the south-facing slopes immediately east of Shaugh Farm, Luppitt. Lidar data captured in 2016 revealed short lengths of earthwork bank surviving at either end of the ditch, and extending beyond the visible ditch to the south and north-east. The visible earthworks did not correspond with any features depicted on the Tithe Map for Luppitt, so the removal of these features must predate circa 1840. However, the probable former boundary falls within the field pattern as depicted on the historic map, a system characterised by HLC as of probable medieval origin. The earthworks were therefore probably evidence of a removed field boundary potentially of medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1154-1155 28-AUG-1982.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1703 Bluesky International DTM 04-MAY-2016.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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