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Summary

Curvilinear ditches, interpreted as possible 19th century trackways or water channels, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1951 onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY? (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• WATER CHANNEL? (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The ditches partly correspond with earthworks shown on this map.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, RAF/540/497 RP 3035-3036 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX6353 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Curvilinear ditches are visible as earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

One of the ditches to the north corresponds with an earthwork labelled as trackway shown on this map.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Curvilinear ditches, circa 4m wide, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1951 onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The ditches closely follow the contours of the northeast and north facing combe slopes and partly correspond with earthworks shown on the late 19th century Ordnance Survey First Edition map. A third earthwork ditch visible to the north, also shown on this map, was not transcribed given that it clearly corresponds with a trackway shown on the 2019 Ordnance Survey MasterMap. The earthworks are of uncertain function, but possibly represent two additional trackways, perhaps associated with the disused Waterloo Quarry, from which the other track extends from, or else water channels.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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