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MONUMENT NO. 1484718

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A pair of short linear banks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, located on former moorland north of Sherracombe Farm, North Molton. They are similar in size and form to the boundaries visible on the opposite side of the valley on Whitefield Down, as well as the boundaries immediately north of Sherracombe Farm, and may well be contemporaneous with them. However, the two banks follow no discernible pattern, and the precise nature of their relationship to other systems, if any, cannot be established from aerial photography alone.

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A pair of short linear banks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, located on former moorland north of Sherracombe Farm, North Molton. Centred at approximately SS 7163 3616, both banks run roughly east-west. The eastern bank, at SS 7163 3615 measures approximately 120 metres in length, while the western bank, at SS 7175 3619 measures 110 metres long. Despite their proximity to each other, and their similar alignments, there is no indication that the banks were connected.
The banks are similar in size and form to the boundaries visible on the opposite side of the valley on Whitefield Down, as well as the boundaries immediately north of Sherracombe Farm, and may well be contemporaneous with them. Like the systems here, the banks are not depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1890, suggesting they were abandoned prior to this date. However, since the two banks follow no discernible pattern, the precise nature of their relationship to other systems, if any, cannot be established from aerial photography alone (1-2).

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(1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number

RAF 106G/UK/1655 3273-74 11-JUL-1946

(2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

1:2500 1890

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