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Summary

Possible field boundaries of probable post-medieval date are identifiable as slight earthwork banks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019, crossing the contours of the south-facing combe slopes to the south-west of Buckland Monachorum village.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (XV to Post Medieval - 1401 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The identifiable earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features,

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.

Linear banks are identifiable as subtle earthworks.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

Post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements.

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.

Linear banks are identifiable as subtle earthworks.

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.

Three linear banks up to 8m wide and 160m long are identifiable as slight earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019, crossing the contours of the south-facing combe slopes to the south-west of Buckland Monachorum village.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey but are in keeping with the character of the surrounding field system, which has been characterised by HLC as possibly based on medieval fields, although the straight field boundaries suggest they were substantially re-organised in the post-medieval period.
The subtle earthworks might therefore be the remains of field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin but it is possible that they were created by modern agricultural activity.

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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