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Summary

Field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date are visible as earthwork banks and ditches on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The field boundaries were recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP and Tamar/Lidar AI&M projects.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any features on this map.

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

A linear bank is visible as an earthwork.

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

Linear earthworks of ditches either side of a bank are visible.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, F61/58/6399/064 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs and have been interpreted as a field system of unknown, but potential medieval, date.

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.

Linear earthworks of ditches either side of a bank are visible.

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

The field boundaries may also be of post-medieval date. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photographs is not known.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-MAY-2020 ACCESSED 13-MAY-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A linear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., 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.

Linear earthworks of two ditches either side of a bank, circa 3 metres wide and orientated north-east to south-west, are visible on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features shown in this location on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, or on later available historic maps, which show this area as comprising orchard. The earthworks are in keeping with the surrounding historic field pattern which is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The earthworks are interpreted as a relict field boundary of probable post-medieval date that had been removed by the mid-19th century, by which time an orchard had been established in this location.
The earthworks probably correspond with a field boundary recorded in this location during the Tamar Valley NMP project. It 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.

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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