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Summary

Former field boundaries potentially of post-medieval date were visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 as earthworks at Sewards, Plymtree parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

Ditches were visible as earthworks defining rectilinear enclosures.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Broad but shallow ditches were visible as earthworks defining rectilinear enclosures.

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

Rectilinear enclosures or terraces defined by ditches on average 2 to 6 metres wide were visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, to the west, north and east of Sewards, Plymtree parish.
The visible earthworks did not correspond with any field enclosures depicted on the 19th century mapping available to the survey, although they were broadly in keeping with the character of the surrounding field pattern. The earthworks have been interpreted as the remains of former field boundaries or infield enclosures probably of post-medieval origin, associated with the farmstead at Sewards and removed prior to the mid-19th century

Sources / Further Reading

SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #77793 ]
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.
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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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