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Summary

A water meadow system of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1947, to the east of the River Exe, Tiverton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SW/81/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATER MEADOW (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Water channels and sluices are shown in two small fields to the east of the River Exe.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3040-41 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356899.

The water meadow is visible as a series of earthwork ditches.

Ordnance Survey, 1966, OS/66184 V, OS/66184 V 101-02 22-JUL-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357044.

The site of the water meadow has been levelled and the site partly developed.

Holland, K., 1996, Boyhood Memories of Tiverton, 16, 25 (Monograph). SDV349457.

Black Bridge over the Exe carried water to fields on the east bank. There were water channels in the field next to the leat and river with small sluice gates.

Higbee, L. + Collings, A. G., 2000, Archaeological Recording at Tiverton High School and East Devon College Campuses, Tiverton (Report - Assessment). SDV323421.

The leat and sluices provided controlled irrigation in this area on the east bank of the Exe. It has been reported that water channels existed in this field, presumably a water meadow system. Sinuous channels are visible in the field to the south on aerial photographs.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A water meadow system of probable 19th century date is visible as a series of earthwork ditches on aerial photographs of 1947, to the east of the River Exe, Tiverton. The system occupies an area of approximately 5.22 hectares of fairly level ground on the eastern side of the River Exe. It is visible as a series of linear and curvilinear earthwork ditches typically northwest to southeast aligned and possibly fed by a stream to the northeast of the system. The water meadow is partly defined as a series of channels and sluices on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. It is largely unclear, however how this system may have operated, or what components may have simply acted as land drainage. The earthwork ditches have been levelled and the western extent of site developed on by the time of aerial photographs of 1966, with the remainder of the site having since been completely developed on.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV323421	Report - Assessment: Higbee, L. + Collings, A. G.. 2000. Archaeological Recording at Tiverton High School and East Devon College Campuses, Tiverton. Exeter Archaeology Report. 00.57. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349457	Monograph: Holland, K.. 1996. Boyhood Memories of Tiverton. Unknown. 16, 25.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV356899	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3040-41 13-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #96052 ]
SDV357044	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1966. OS/66184 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/66184 V 101-02 22-JUL-1966.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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