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Summary

Linear and curvilinear banks, hollows and pits or terraces visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data to the north, east and south of Hooperhayne, Colyton, represent field boundaries, tracks or roads and ponds or potentially building platforms associated with a formerly more extensive settlement, possibly of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• POND (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• ROAD (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• STRIP FIELD (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A road or track is depicted to the south of Hooperhayne. Extensive orchards are depicted.

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

The road or lane is not shown south of Hooperhayne.

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

Linear and curvilinear banks, curvilinear hollows and pits or terraces are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data to the north, east and south of Hooperhayne, Colyton.

Horner, B., 2024, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366090.

The majority of relict earthworks do not correspond to boundaries or structures depicted on the Tithe Map for Colyton. The earthworks may represent a shrunken or deserted medieval settlement with associated strip field boundaries to the east and south-east. Probable field boundaries to the north of Hooperhayne and oval or circular hollows to the south of the current farmstead, probably representing a series of former ponds, were situated on land shown as orchards on the Tithe Map for Colyton and the later Ordnance Survey maps. A curvilinear hollow south of the current farmstead corresponds to a track or lane depicted on the Tithe Map, not shown on the later Ordnance Survey maps.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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