Source/Archive record SEM8171 - Metric Survey of Little Ashcombe, Simonsbath, Exmoor Mires Project EAC15

Type Report
Title Metric Survey of Little Ashcombe, Simonsbath, Exmoor Mires Project EAC15
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2015
Publisher Hazel Riley
Hazel Riley report EAC15
ENPA project name MIRES
Digital Object Identifier 10.5284/1041867

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Abstract/Summary

A survey of the extensive drainage system on Little Ashcombe, one the earliest features of John Knight's reclamation and improvement of the Exmoor's moorlands with documentary evidence suggesting they were constructed in the 1830s.

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Referenced Monuments (3)

  • 19th Century drainage ditches southeast of Great Ashcombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval drainage ditches north of Winstitchen Cross (Monument)
  • Post-medieval water meadow northeast of Simonsbath (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

Record last edited

Dec 12 2022 8:27PM