Monument record MDO39024 - Historic field boundary, Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott

An historic ditched field boundary to the west of Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. Its straight rectilinear form suggests a probable post medieval origin, although an earlier date is possible. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

An historic ditched field boundary to the west of Stoke Knapp Farm, Stoke Abbott, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1) and (2). It is straight and rectilinear in form and appears to sub divide a larger enclosure of possible medieval origin. This may indicate a post medieval origin, although an earlier date is also possible. The boundary is still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (3). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2406-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14845.

<2> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1075 FP 1082-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14843.

<3> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 1:34PM