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Summary

Field boundaries or water channels of possible medieval date were visible on aerial photographs as linear and curvilinear ditches to the north-west of Middlemoor, near Tavistock.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/UK/250/4114-5 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

The transcription of curvilinear ditches, possibly field boundaries or water channels, from aerial photographs RAF/CPE/UK/250/4114-5 corresponds to a database record of an earthwork field system recorded as being of ‘unknown medieval’ date to the north-west of Middlemoor, near Tavistock.

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 Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not included. The earthworks cross the Devon/Dartmoor National Park boundary.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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