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Summary

A probable water channel of post-medieval to modern date is visible as an earthwork or cropmark ditch on aerial photographs, at Ashleigh Blaxton Coppice. The water channel was recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WATER CHANNEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The water channel is depicted on this map. Map object partly based on this source.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, CPE/2501/4013 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A cropmark or earthwork ditch is visible on aerial photographs. Map object partly based on this source.

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

It is unclear with which NMP database record this ditch is associated, although appears to represent a post-medieval to modern water channel, depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photographs 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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