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Summary

The remains of a hard at Thorn Point, associated with the former ferry crossing to Cargreen on the Cornwall side of the Tamar. The hard is visible as a curvilinear feature of a bank or structure on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HARD (Built, 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.

Hard, leading to ferry across the River Tamar shown.

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

A curvilinear feature of a bank or structure is visible.

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.

A curvilinear feature of a bank or structure is visible.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2017, South Cornwall Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment, 145 (Interpretation). SDV360825.

The remains of a hard at Thorn Point are associated with the former ferry crossing to Cargreen on the Cornwall side of the Tamar. Shown on the circa 1880 first edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey map.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Strip of shingle marked.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-SEP-2017 ACCESSED 17-MAY-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A curvilinear feature of a bank or structure is visible.

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.

The hard is visible as a curvilinear feature of a bank or structure on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. It measures 190 metres long by 3 metres wide and is north-east to south-west orientated.
It is depicted on the early 20th century Second Edition Ordnance Survey map and so has not been transcribed during this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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