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Summary

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data, defining an irregularly shaped enclosure on the south-east facing slopes below Fair View Farm, Luppit. It is possible that the enclosure reflects piecemeal encroachment onto Hense Moor that was subsequently incorporated into medieval enclosure.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (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.

The visible earthworks correspond to field depicted field boundaries.

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

The visible earthworks correspond to field depicted field boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The visible earthworks correspond to extant field boundaries.

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

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks defining an irregularly shaped enclosure on the south-east facing slopes below Fair View Farm, Luppit.

Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks up to 10m wide on images derived from lidar data, defining an irregularly shaped enclosure up to 100m long and 45m wide, on the south-east facing slopes below Fair View Farm, Luppit.
The visible earthworks correspond to an enclosure depicted on the Tithe Map for Luppit and the Ordnance Survey First and Second Edition 25 inch maps. The boundary remains visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and was therefore cleared in the second half of the 20th century.
The plot is named as ‘Tadball Plot’ on the Tithe Apportionment for Luppit, which as suggested by Horner, may relate to a topographic feature. Alternatively, this may be derived from a personal name, such as a corruption of Tidball. The enclosure might reflect piecemeal encroachment onto Hense Moor, as seen to the east, that was subsequently incorporated into the surrounding medieval enclosure based on strip fields.

Horner, B., 2025, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366415.

Possible small ovoid enclosure on LiDAR. Separate plot on TM and early OS. Tithe Apportionment records as ‘Tadball Plot’. The ‘ball’ element may be significant, or just topographic.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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