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Summary

Irregularly shaped pits and banks, interpreted as late-19th or early-20th century quarries with associated spoil heaps, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019. The quarries had probably passed out of use by the early to mid-20th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NE/592

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (XIX to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP (XIX to Late 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

1954, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253318.

'quarries' marked w of hole wood on os 6" (1907) map; site visible on os 6" (1954) map (os).

1890, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253319.

Site not shown on os (1890) map (dyer + manning).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253320.

Des=os 6"(1907)111se.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253321.

Des=os 6"(1954).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV253322.

Des=dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation + land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)48/ea report 98.60.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The earthworks do not correspond with any features in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Two of the pits correspond with earthworks labelled as ‘Quarries’.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Earthworks of irregularly shaped pits and banks are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., 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.

Irregularly shaped pits and banks, between 10-35 metres long, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019.
No features are shown in this location on the late-19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map, although two of the pits do correspond with earthworks labelled as ‘Quarries’ on the early-20th century Second Edition Ordnance Survey map. A curvilinear earthwork is also shown here on the 2021 Ordnance Survey MasterMap.
They are therefore interpreted as late-19th or early-20th century quarries with associated spoil heaps that had probably passed out of use by the early to mid-20th century.
The earthworks are not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to thick tree cover of Hole Wood.

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

A curvilinear earthwork is depicted in this location.

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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