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Summary

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The earthworks 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))
• (Former Type) WATER CHANNEL? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 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.

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, DAP13298/11-12, SX4379/1-2 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A series of field boundary ditches 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 banks are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

Limited attribute data for these features has been provided and it is unclear whether they are visible as cropmarks of infilled ditches, or as earthwork ditches. The features, nonetheless, would appear to more likely represent post-medieval to modern water channels and/or drains, rather than field boundaries. It is unclear if, or how, these earthworks are associated with deserted medieval settlement MDV29577 to the immediate northeast.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 26-MAR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The earthworks are visible on aerial photographs.

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 long curvilinear banks both circa 4 metres in width and between 265 metres and 275 metres in length are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. One of the banks is orientated approximately east to west. One of the banks is orientated north-east to south-west in its eastern part and north-west to south-east in its western part. They are situated at Poflet Pastures immediately west of a recorded deserted medieval settlement (MDV29577).
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps. One of the banks aligns with a curvilinear bank visible to the north-east within the deserted village. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The earthwork banks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin, that may be connected to the former settlement adjacent, and that passed out of use prior to 1840.
The earthworks had been partially transcribed as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project and interpreted as ditches. They have been re-transcribed based on 2013 lidar data and the monument record polygon has been re-drawn accordingly.
One of the ditches has been reinterpreted as a bank earthwork and part of the adjacent deserted medieval settlement (MDV29577). One of the ditches is interpreted as a natural water course.

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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