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Summary

A large oval mound is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 west of Dunterton Glebe. It is interpreted as a former extractive pit of post-medieval origin that has been infilled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The earthwork is visible as a pale cropmark.

Ordnance Survey, 1963 - 1996, National Grid OS metric (Cartographic). SDV342278.

The earthwork is depicted as a disused quarry and truncated in size.

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.

A large mound is visible as an earthwork.

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.

A large mound is visible as an earthwork.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 07-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A mound is visible covered in vegetation.

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.

A large oval mound circa 40 metres by 20 metres is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. The mound is situated adjacent to a field boundary in a south-west facing field west of Dunterton Glebe.
The mound corresponds to an earthwork depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch First Edition map and subsequent historic and modern maps.
The earthwork is visible as a pale cropmark on aerial photographs dating from the 1940’s. The earthwork is depicted as truncated in size and labelled as a disused quarry on mid to late-20th century maps. It is depicted as disused workings on the Ordnance Survey MasterMap. The earthwork mound is visible and shown as covered in vegetation in modern aerial photographs.
The mound is interpreted as a former extractive pit of post-medieval origin, that has been subsequently infilled.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

The earthwork is depicted as disused ‘Workings’

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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