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Summary

A possible field system potentially of prehistoric or Romano-British date is visible on images derived from lidar data, as a series of roughly parallel earthwork banks on the east-facing combe slopes to the east of Limers Cross, Combe Raleigh.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COAXIAL FIELD SYSTEM (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond to any depicted historic boundaries.

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

Linear banks are visible as earthworks.

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

A series of roughly parallel banks up to circa 10m wide and 170m long is visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data crossing the contours of the east-facing combe slopes to the east of Limers Cross. The banks are between 55m to 65m apart and may define the primary north-south axis part of a co-axial field system of prehistoric or Romano-British date. Lateral banks divide the intervening space into smaller plots. The visible earthworks do not correspond to any boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map for Combe Raleigh.

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

Banks of relic field system. No boundaries on historic mapping. Potentially prehistoric/RB.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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