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Summary

A linear earthwork ditch is visible on aerial photographs at Collacombe Down and was recorded during the Tamar Valley NMP project. The earthwork may represent a former field boundary or trackway, or some such feature.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
• TRACKWAY (Unknown date)

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF CPE/UK/2149/F20/3272-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A linear earthwork ditch has been interpreted as a field boundary of unknown, but potential medieval, date.

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

It seems unlikely that this linear feature represents a medieval field boundary. It may instead represent a trackway or some such feature, perhaps associated with either of the two mines recorded here, Devon Mine (MDV3823) to the east and Wheal Conquer (MDV51002) to the west. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photograph is not known.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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