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| HER Number: | MDV80952 |
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| Name: | Curvilinear Enclosure, Brownscombe |
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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
| Grid Reference: | SS 502 245 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Huntshaw |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HUNTSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
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 with a number of strip fields showing.
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, 70 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV347809.
Brownscombe, an oval enclosing a combe, very much in the same manner as South Radworthy.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Many of the field boundaries to the strip fields are no longer present.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV347809 | Post-Graduate Thesis: 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. University of Exeter. A4 Stapled + Digital. 70. [Mapped feature: #107746 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 12 2026 3:25PM |
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