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Summary

The course of a former road or track, east of West’s Cottages, Kenn, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1984.

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

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible cropmark corresponds with a depicted track.

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

The track has been cleared.

Historic England, 1984, NMR 2162, NMR 2162/0089 02-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357541.

Linear cropmarks or ditches or hollows are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Linear cropmarks of ditches are visible aligned roughly west to east across the north-facing slopes east of West’s Cottages, Kenn. The cropmarks are visible as both parallel ditches roughly 2m wide and 3m apart and a single broad linear cropmark of a hollow nearly 7m across. In total they are visible for circa 170m.
The visible cropmarks correspond in part with a road or track depicted on the Tithe Map for Kenn. The track is not shown on the OS First Edition Map and therefore was removed between circa 1840 and 1880. A curvilinear cropmark centred on circa SX 92518472 is probable evidence of a former field boundary adjacent to the track, probably cleared at the same time.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV357541	Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1984. NMR 2162. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2162/0089 02-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #112562 ]
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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