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Summary

Earthwork features of uncertain function and date are visible as a series of linear banks on digital images derived from LiDAR data captured between 1998-2012, within Leeford Plantations.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EARTHWORK (Unknown date)

Full description

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DTM, LIDAR SY08SW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012 (Cartographic). SDV355698.

The earthwork features are visible as a series of linear banks.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Earthwork features of uncertain function and date are visible as a series of linear banks on digital images derived from LiDAR data captured between 1998-2012, within Leeford Plantations. The four slight earthwork banks are east to west aligned and measure between 20m to 28m in width and occupy an area of approximately 0.9 hectares of steeply east sloping ground. The nature of these features is largely unclear, although given its location within a plantation may suggest they represent possible forestry banks, upon which the trees were established. The eastern extent of these banks have been clearly truncated by, and so predate, a railway line first depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map of between 1904-06. Owing to the dense coverage of trees within the plantation, the earthwork features were not visible on aerial photographs or other digital images made available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV355698	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. Lidar data JPEG SY08SW DTM. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY08SW DTM Environment Agency 1998-2012. [Mapped feature: #65891 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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