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Summary

Elliptical enclosure, Arlington. Visible on Ordnance Survey 1880s-90s First Edition 25 inch map.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1168597: CATTLE SHELTERS APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES EAST OF MIDDLE BECCOTT FARMHOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1168604: SHIPPON AND BARN APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF PENBERTHYS FARMHOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1325720: MIDDLE BECCOTT INCLUDING ATTACHED LOFTED STABLE, AND SHIPPON RANGE EXTENDING TO WEST
• Listed Building (II) 1106824: PENBERTHYS FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Elliptical enclosure visible.

Green, T., 2000, Early Enclosures in a Landscape of Dispersed Settlement: An Examination of Patterns Detected in the Field Boundaries of North Devon and West Somerset, 3, 32 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.

A close examination of the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map and the 1840s tithe maps of part of the south-western region of England reveals, within the field-patterns, curving boundaries which appear to form enclosures. These 'curvilinear enclosures' become nuclei in the development of local field-patterns, hence they may be thought to pre-date that which surrounds them. Settlement closely associated with these enclosures may therefore also be suspected to have an early origin.

Elliptical examples are, however, a class apart. These are, with a single exception, large (80 acre plus) enclosures with their long sides more or less parallel, a rounded point at one end and the other end 'flattenend', so that, seen from above, they are roughly bullet shaped. Arlington, an example of an elliptical enclosure, developed into a large medieval estate. Map object based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Elliptical enclosure visible. Map object based on this Source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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