Field System, North Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115441 / MNA167494
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Minehead Without; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9418 4796
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Summary

A medieval field system, visible as earthworks, lying 400m east-southeast of Furzebury Brake, which may have been related to the abandoned medieval farm site (MNA167488, 115435) in roughly the same area.

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Most Recent Monitoring

None Recorded

Monument Types

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

A medieval field system lying 400m east-southeast of Furzebury Brake, which may have been related to the abandoned medieval farm site (115435) in roughly the same area.One source mentions earlier fields overlain by the medieval system, but the RCHME Surveyors could not see any trace of them. The system extends well beyond National Trust land and the Exmoor National Park owns the adjoining area of North Hill. Condition: good. [1]

The medieval field system was visible on aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project in 2007. Further information, sources and photograph references are available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MSO7627. [2-3]

References

  • <1>XY SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115441. [Mapped feature: #181121 ]

  • <2> SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MSO7627.

  • <3> SNA69537 - Report: Crowther, S and Dickson, A. 2008. Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme. 866956.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO7627 Exmoor National Park HER

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
  • ENA10529 - Heritage Assessment, Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

  • Related to: Deserted Farmstead, Grexy Combe, North Hill, Holnicote Estate (Monument) - 115435 / MNA167488