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Summary

A former field boundary is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and as ditch earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 north of Hardicott Farm. It is interpreted to be 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 XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, MAL 127/71/073-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Cropmarks which have formed over an infilled field boundary ditch of unknown, but potential medieval, date are visible on aerial photographs.

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 curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 14-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The ditches are faintly visible on aerial photographs dating from the 2001.

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 closely parallel ditches circa 3-4 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. They are orientated approximately east to west in a south-west facing field north of Hardicott Farm.
The ditches do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements’.
The earthwork had previously been transcribed as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project and has been re-transcribed based upon recent lidar data.
The ditches are interpreted as a field boundary 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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