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Summary

Earthworks of sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks, interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century quarries with associated spoil heaps, are visible on digital 1940’s RAF aerial photographs and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010. The quarries had probably passed out of use by the early-20th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The northern-most pit corresponds with an earthwork labelled as ‘Old Quarry’.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Possible earthworks are visible in this location.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 17-JAN-2010 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/CPE/483/4242-3 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

The transcriptions of an oval earthwork pit from cropmarks visible aerial photographs RAF/CPE/483/4242-3 corresponds to a database record of an earthwork quarry pit of post-medieval date on the western edge of Ramsham Wood.

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.

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.

Earthworks of sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks, between 7-40 metres long, are visible as earthworks on digital 1940’s RAF aerial photographs and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010.
The northern-most pit corresponds with an earthwork labelled as ‘Old Quarry’ on the early-20th century Second Edition Ordnance Survey map. The earthworks are not shown on earlier historic maps.
They are therefore interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century quarries with associated spoil heaps that had probably passed out of use by the early-20th century.
An earthwork pit that corresponds with the southern-most quarry was recorded from aerial photographs during the Tamar Valley NMP project. This feature has been re-transcribed during this survey from lidar data which has provided additional clarity and detail as well as improved spatial accuracy, but which was unavailable to the previous survey.
The pit to the north also corresponds with the record of a quarry MDV51347. The visible earthworks in this location are probably associated and so they have been incorporated into a single monument.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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