MMO2663 - Post-medieval field boundary and plantation enclosure on Stile Down (Monument)

A curvilinear field boundary and triangular plantation enclosure of possible post-medieval or early 20th Century date are visible as earthworks. The field boundary may be associated with the farm at Elseworthy.

A field boundary and plantation enclosure of possible post-medieval or early 20th Century date are visible as earthworks on Stile Down, to the northeast of Elseworthy, centred approximately on SS 9322 4170. The field boundary is visible for only 75 metres among the course vegetation on Stile Down, but its curvilinear shape is similar to those visible to the south at Elseworthy, and it may be evidence for a phase of abandoned enclosure associated with that farm. The plantation enclosure is a scalene triangle in shape, with sides measuring 80, 65 and 49 metres in length. It is not marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1889, but is on the 1903 map. It is therefore likely to be late 19th or early 20th Century in 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]