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Summary

Numerous conjoined curvilinear earthwork banks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 2005 and 2013, and are interpreted as medieval field boundaries that fell out of use by the mid-19th century. An area of possible ridge and furrow is also visible.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• RIDGE AND FURROW? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No field boundaries are depicted in this exact location.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

Curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

Several curvilinear, conjoined earthwork banks, up to 5 metres wide, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. They fit into the extant field system and are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries. They are not depicted in the Tithe map and are likely to have fallen out of use by the mid-19th century. The possible remains of ridge and furrow are visible as parallel earthwork banks and ditches in one of the former land parcels enclosed by the boundary banks.
One of the banks may correspond to a field boundary recorded by the Tamar Valley NMP project (MDV114160), but a conjoined linear feature also recorded by the NMP project does not fit into the field system visible on lidar, and the relationship of the two features is uncertain.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 382.3 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Field divided into 4 with boundary banks not shown on epoch 1. Northern field bank partially shown on MDV114160.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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