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Summary

Earthwork banks and ditches, interpreted as relict field boundaries of a medieval field system, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1305759: LOWER WOODLEY FARMHOUSE

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Several of the earthworks correspond with field boundaries.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 03-FEB-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Earthworks of linear and curvilinear banks and ditches are visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

Earthworks of linear and curvilinear banks and ditches, between 4m-14m wide and northeast-southwest and northwest-southeast aligned, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007. The visible earthworks occupy an area of circa 16 hectares and are in keeping with the character of the surrounding historic field pattern characterised as medieval enclosures and post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements. Several of the earthworks correspond with field boundaries shown on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map. They are therefore interpreted as field boundaries of a medieval or post-medieval field system which had largely passed out of use by the mid-19th century. The earthwork ditches that are flanked in places by earthwork banks may represent former trackways associated with this field system.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 359.1 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Field boundary not shown on epoch 1 but can be seen on tithe map. SX 42277 75175.

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 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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