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Summary

A trackway of between medieval to modern date is visible as a cropmark feature on aerial photographs, to the southwest of Willesley. It was recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project and is depicted on both the First Edition and Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020274: Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (Early Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The trackway is not depicted. The plot is recorded as ‘Plantation’.

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

A track is depicted here.

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

A track is depicted here.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-DEC-2004 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, MAL 127/71/074-5 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A trackway of unknown, but potential medieval, date is visible as a cropmark feature 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.

Curvilinear ditches 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.

The track is depicted on 19th and early 20th century maps and so may be of more recent date. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photograph is not known.

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.

Curvilinear ditches between 2 and 4 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 south-west of Willesley. The ditches are situated across the centre of Castle Park Camp (MDV5648) and lead to several breaks in the outer bank of the enclosure. A short section of curvilinear bank is visible in the centre of the enclosure, part bisected by the ditches.
The ditches correspond with pathways or trackways through plantation depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map and are interpreted to be of probable 19th century origin.

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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