Feniton History Group held the 28th
meeting at the Nog Inn on the 8th Mar. 2012
Very
pleased to see so many join us for a talk and slide show given by Philippe
Planel from the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Phil
explained to us how the ANOB project is using the work of Peter Orlando
Hutchinson to survey a then and now picture of East Devon.
Peter
Orlando Hutchinson, born in Winchester in 1810, lived his adult life in East
Devon, he was a man of many talents, a tractician, author and artist who
documented and painted our area giving a wonderful record to compare with the
shape of the landscape today.
This
web link explains things better than my note taking in the darkened room !!
Phil
explained that the tithe maps are a useful tool for land analysis, we have a
useful set of maps for Feniton drawn up by Geoff, I will bring these to the
next meeting.
The
slides Phil showed explained the very early archaeology sites found around the
area, some standing stones, which may have been moved due to the need to grow crops, a
flint ring burial site on East Hill and the work to date and clear vegetation
to reveal the mounds. The changes brought with the land enclosures. The team
have talked to the local villagers and farmers who would remember where the old
sites were. There are opportunities for volunteers on the ground or
transcribing in the Devon Record Office.
There
is to be a conference on this work at the Norman Lockyer Observatory on 14th
April 2012
Details
available from this link:
This
is the link to the Characterization maps that are the result of this project.
Thank
you to Phil for giving us his time to talk to us and also to Brenda and Keith
for the use of the projector screen.
Also
we must thank Mike and Rosemarie of the Nog Inn for making the Lounge Bar (pool
room) available to us.
The next meeting will be at Colesworthy on 15th March 2:30 pm to plan the DRO table.
The next Nog Inn meeting will be on 12th April at 8 pm.
