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Summary

An extractive pit of probable post-medieval date is identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019, cut into the south-east-facing combe slopes of a tributary to the Tamar, under the tree cover of Buttspill Wood.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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 pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

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.

A roughly oval pit circa 18m long and 8m wide is identifiable as an earthwork cut into the south-east-facing combe slopes of a tributary to the Tamar on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019, under the tree cover of Buttspill Wood.
The pit is interpreted as an extractive pit of probable post-medieval date.

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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