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Summary

Earthworks of banks and a ditch, interpreted as the remains of a possible medieval shrunken settlement associated with Tackbear manor house, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. Any settlement here had evidently been abandoned by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

An earthwork bank to the east possibly corresponds with a field boundary.

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.

Earthworks of curvilinear and rectilinear banks and a ditch are visible.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

Earthworks of banks and a ditch are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The earthworks occupy an area of circa 0.55 hectares of gentle south facing slope within a single land parcel. They comprise a curvilinear bank, circa 8m wide, a rectilinear platform, circa 28m long by 25m wide, and a curvilinear hollow flanked on either side by banks, between 5m and 8m wide.
One of the banks to the east possibly corresponds with a field boundary depicted on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, although the remaining earthworks are not shown on this map, or on later available historic maps.
The earthworks define a possible building platform, enclosure and trackway bound by field boundaries which may form part of a shrunken medieval settlement associated with Tackbear manor house (MDV74409). Any settlement here had evidently been abandoned by the mid-19th century.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 673.4 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Evidence of abandoned building in the grounds of Gilbert Cottage. Note also site of a manor house at SS257018.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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