Monument record MDO39112 - Historic field boundaries, Higher Brimley Coombe Farm, Stoke Abbott

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries to the southwest of Higher Brimley Coombe Farm, Stoke Abbott, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

Historic banked and ditched field boundaries to the southwest of Higher Brimley Coombe Farm, Stoke Abbott, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s (1). These appear to subdivide enclosures shown on the OS 1st Edition map (2), which are of probable medieval origin, since fossilised by post medieval boundaries. This suggests the earthworks are also probably post medieval in origin but an earlier date is possible. There has been substantial boundary removal in this area since the late 19th century. The lost boundaries show up particularly well on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (3) and some are still visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (4). The site was digitally plotted during the Marshwood Vale NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2338-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14886.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Royal Air Force, 11-NOV-1971, RAF/39/3829 V 0233-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO14885.

<4> Google Earth, 2006, Google Earth vertical photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO14562.

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Jul 26 2019 1:47PM