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Summary

Ditches, banks and hollows visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data have been interpreted as evidence of a former farmstead or settlement of probable medieval to post-medieval date, on the south-facing slopes to the southwest of Cobscombe Farm, Woolfardisworthy parish. The visible earthworks do not correspond to any settlement depicted on the Tithe Map for Woolfardisworthy.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD? (Between))
• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1539 AD? (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond to any settlement depicted on the Tithe Map for Woolfardisworthy.

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV281 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Possible shrunken farm/settlement.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

Ditches, banks and hollows are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

The visible earthworks comprise former field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map, possible building platforms or extractive pits and a rectilinear enclosure potentially of medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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