MMO2970 - Post-medieval enclosure earthworks north of Honeymead Two Gates (Monument)

A field boundary and an area of narrow ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as earthworks. The features are interpreted as evidence of failed or abandoned enclosure of probable post-medieval date.

A field boundary and an area of narrow ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards, as earthworks centred on circa SS 8059 3949, immediately to the north of Honeymead Two Gates. The course of the boundary bank is somewhat irregular but roughly follows a course between the 395 and 400 metre contours along the hillslope. It probably predates the surrounding very regular, probably 19th Century, field boundaries. By the 1970s the ridge and furrow to the north of the boundary bank appear to have been levelled, those to the south possibly surviving as low earthworks. The features are interpreted as evidence of failed or abandoned enclosure of probable post-medieval date. [1-4] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [5]