Summary
Remains of a small building on the W side of the combe at the N end of the farmland. The building is shown on the historic maps as extant. The tithe map also lists the small enclosure 134 on the other side of the stream as ‘garden’. The building is built into the E facing bank and aligned NNW-SSE. The rear wall of stone rubble survives to a height of 1m with slight remains of the return walls at either end. The front can partially be traced but has mostly collapsed down the bank. The interior space is covered with rubble. There is no evidence of roofing material. The building is about 8m long and 2.5m wide.
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Remains of a small building on the W side of the combe at the N end of the farmland. The building is shown on the historic maps as extant. The tithe map also lists the small enclosure 134 on the other side of the stream as ‘garden’. The building is built into the E facing bank and aligned NNW-SSE. The rear wall of stone rubble survives to a height of 1m with slight remains of the return walls at either end. The front can partially be traced but has mostly collapsed down the bank. The interior space is covered with rubble. There is no evidence of roofing material. The building is about 8m long and 2.5m wide.
Immediately across the stream the opposite bank has a stone revetment. A few metres to the N on the E side is a small gully. It is narrow at the upper end, broadening out and levelling. On the W is a large bank, stone revetted. On the E is a low section of dry stone walling supporting the side of the gully. It is about 8m long. The feature is clearly deliberately constructed, but the function is unclear. The most likely is for sheep dipping, providing the stream was diverted slightly.
References
Tithe map
1888 OS 1:2500 map
References
- SNA62446 - Report: Nick Berry. 2004. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Kipscombe Farm, Countisbury, Devon.
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