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Summary

A water channel of unknown date was recorded from aerial photographs as an earthwork ditch to the north-east of Stilesweek. It might be evidence of a former catch meadow.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CATCH MEADOW? (Unknown date)
• WATER CHANNEL (Unknown date)

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/V17/170/0072-3 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A water channel of unknown date was recorded from aerial photograph RAF/V17/170/0072-3 as an earthwork ditches to the north-east of Stilesweek. The transcription of the ditch corresponds to a database record for a water channel with no date ascribed, visible as an earthwork.

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

The aerial photograph reference given in the transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not known. The ditch might have functioned as a catch meadow with a ditch immediately to the north, recorded as MDV114281.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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