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| HER Number: | MDV129530 |
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| Name: | Water channel south of Sydenham Mill, Milton Abbot |
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Summary
A curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible on lidar data captured from 2005 onwards. It may have been a former water channel, perhaps associated with post-medieval industrial activity.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 403 757 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sydenham Damerel |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SYDENHAM DAMEREL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER CHANNEL? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No features are depicted in this exact location.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
A curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible.
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 curvilinear earthwork 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 curvilinear earthwork 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.
A curvilinear earthwork ditch, approximately two metres wide, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured from 2005 onwards, following the contour south of Sydenham Mill. It is visible on the 1940s RAF aerial photographs, and bare ground where it passes through a gap in the hedgebank suggest that it was used as a trackway. However it appears to have been heading to a pond depicted on the historic mapping, and is more likely to be a water channel that went out of use by the late-19th century. It is possible that it was associated with industrial activity to the west (MDV3822). An additional curvilinear ditch to the south-east of the mill does not fit an interpretation as a water channel, but manifests in a similar way.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV363945 | Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363954 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2000-2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005. [Mapped feature: #127951 ] |
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| SDV363955 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 14 2020 1:50PM |
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