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Summary

A pond potentially of medieval to post-medieval date is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a rectilinear earthwork pit or hollow to the east of Woodcocks Eye.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Plot 677 is depicted as woodland on the Tithe Map for Plympton St Mary, named as 'Pond Place' and its cultivation listed as pond and timber.

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

The plot is depicted as woodland.

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

A large rectilinear pit or hollow is depicted.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The plot remains under dense tree cover.

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

The plot is depicted as woodland containing small ponds.

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.

A pit or hollow circa 180m long and 41m wide is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a roughly north to south aligned earthwork to the east of Woodcocks Eye.
The visible earthwork corresponds with Plot 677 on the Tithe Map for Plympton St Mary, named as 'Pond Place' and listed as pond and timber.
The plot is depicted as largely under woodland on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map and remains under dense woodland on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016, although ponds are depicted on the current OS MasterMap base map.
The earthwork is interpreted as a substantial pond potentially of medieval to post-medieval date that was largely turned over to timber production by the early 19th century.

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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