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MONUMENT NO. 1031554

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An earthwork defined enclosure of possible medieval but probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs on a steep bracken covered north-facing slope to the east of Lynmouth. The bounding earthen banks are approximately 2 metres wide and enclose an area of about 1000 metres square. Two internal lateral banks sub-divide the enclosure but are in poor condition, and have probably been somewhat levelled by post-medeival ploughing, as evidenced by narrow ridge and furrow.

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SS 74 NW 77: Enclosure (Disused Allotment?).

SS 7312 4946. An irregular rectilinear enclosure of probable recent date (2) seen on air photos (3-5).

SS 7314 4945. A rectangular open ended enclosure, shown on air photo (4), on a steep bracken covered slope. Formed by earthen banks, about 2m wide and 0.7m high, it is approximately 40m NNE/SSW by 30m and its open NNE end abuts a trackway south of the Countisbury Hill road. Deep in bracken it is difficult to see exact details on the ground but it appears to be sub-divided by two less well-defined lower cross banks parallel to the SSW end.

At SS 7301 4924, some 250m to the SW on the south side of the same spur, there is a similar, though slightly smaller, sub-divided enclosure which is shown on the 1904 Ordnance Survey map (d) and which, although not visited, is probably a small allotment. It would appear that this enclosure served the same purpose. (1-5)

An earthwork defined enclosure of possible medieval but probable post-medieval date is visible on aerial photographs on a steep bracken covered north-facing slope to the east of Lynmouth, centred on circa SS 73124945. The bounding earthen banks are approximately 2 metres wide and define a trapezoidal enclosure 25 metres wide at its south-eastern end, 35 metres wide at its north-western end and approximately 30 metres long east to west.
The earthworks enclose an area of about 800 metres square, sub-divided by two internal lateral banks into three roughly equally sized sections. The cross banks are in poor, somewhat fragmentary condition. This is probably partly explained by post-medieval ploughing, as evidenced by narrow ridge and furrow visible crossing the internal banks in a north to south direction.
The external bank remains visible on aerial photographs of 1995 and the images available on Google Earth at the time of survey, although it must be stressed the images used are updated regularly. (6-9)

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( 1) Field Investigators Comments

Sainsbury I S 11-OCT-1995 RCHME Field Investigation.

(2) Externally held archive reference

Devon County SMR SS 74 NW 92, 16-FEB-1993.

(3) Oblique aerial photograph reference number

NMR/SS 7349/SF 1459/434 01-MAR-1979.

(4) Oblique aerial photograph reference number

NMR 15329/05-06 30-JUN-1995.

(5) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

Ordnance Survey 1904 1:2500 Devon Sheet 3:9.

(6) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF 540/902(F20) 4029-30 10-OCT-1952

(7) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

NMR OS/72065 025-7 15-APR-1972

(8) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

OS/95026 050-051 12-MAR-1995

(9) World Wide Web page

http://earth.google.com

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