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Summary

Two curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, and possible building platform, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013, and are interpreted as the remains of infield boundaries and platform of a shrunken medieval settlement.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The plot of land west of Portingtown is depicted as orchard.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Two parallel curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches are visible.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

Two parallel curvilinear earthwork 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 Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

A possible rectilinear earthwork platform, immediately west of the settlement of Portingtown, is visible on images derived from lidar captured in 2005 and 2013. The area was depicted as orchard on the Tithe map. It is tentatively interpreted as a medieval building platform, perhaps indicating that the settlement in this hamlet was once more extensive. Two curvilinear earthwork banks and ditch, each approximately 1.5 metres wide and 8 metres apart, are oriented south-west from the platform then turn to the south, apparently aligning with property boundaries depicted on the Tithe map. These may have been a routeway or perhaps defined building plots or infields.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 382.12 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Significant ground disturbance which may be building evidence showing past habitation. Possibly building bases. Indicated as wood or orchard on tithe map.

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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