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Summary

Curvilinear enclosure visible on 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey map, which is thought to enclose an early medieval field system.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1107160: PRIXFORD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1318147: TWO RANGES, COMPRISING BARN, STABLES AND CIDER MILLHOUSE, ADJOINING EAST SIDE OF PRIXFORD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1107161: GARDEN WALL, RAILINGS AND GATE 5 METRES SOUTH EAST OF PRIXFORD HOUSE
• Listed Building (II) 1163650: PRIXFORD BARTON

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Roman to Saxon - 410 AD (Between) to 1065 AD (Between))
• ENCLOSED FIELD SYSTEM (Post Roman to Saxon - 410 AD (Between) to 1065 AD (Between))

Full description

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

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, 53 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.

One of the few lowland enclosures near the boundary between Braunton and Shirwell Hundreds.

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

Enclosure visible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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