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Summary

A shrunken settlement comprising a farmstead and associated orchards and infield are depicted on the Tithe Map for Fremington and the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map. Earthwork banks and hollows visible on Lidar-derived images might represent additional evidence of a previously more extensive settlement.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS53SW/139

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD)
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE? (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

Gullincott recorded on os 1st edition 25" map, together with orchard and spring (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV74742.

Des=os 25"(c.1890).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV74744.

Des=os 6"(1964).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 114 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Gullincott is recorded in documents of 1330, 1399 and 1620 (mawer et al).

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV42 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

The suggestion of a more extensive shrunken settlement associated with Gullincott is visible, notably to the south of the building range shown on the parish tithe map, and amidst the small paddocks surrounding it.

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

Banks and hollows are visible as earthworks.

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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