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Summary

Several curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and from visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 south-west of Dunterton. They are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond to any depicted features.

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.

Two short curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/3G/TUD/137/5056 11-APR-1946 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Earthwork banks of a field enclosure of unknown, but potential medieval, date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946.

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.

Two short curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 11-MAY-2009 ACCESSED 26-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

One of the banks is visible as an earthwork.

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.

Two short curvilinear banks circa 4 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. The banks span the width of an east facing field south-west of Dunterton.
The banks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however one of the banks aligns with a depicted field boundary. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘medieval enclosures’.
The banks are bisected by a curvilinear ditch interpreted as a probable catch meadow gutter.
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
• 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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