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Summary

A pit, probably an extractive pit or small quarry of post-medieval date, is identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 on the higher south-facing slopes of Affaland Moor, Clawton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any feature depicted on the Tithe Map for Clawton.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25inch First Edition map.

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

A pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records (Interpretation). SDV346287.

This feature was previously transcribed by the Tamar Valley NMP survey. Further details from the survey database, including aerial photograph references and interpretive text, are awaiting accessioning.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area (Cartographic). SDV363955.

A pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

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.

A pit is identifiable as an irregularly shaped earthwork up to circa 60 across on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 on the on the higher south-facing slopes of Affaland Moor.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any feature depicted on the 19th or 20th century maps available to the survey. A pit annotated as ‘Old Quarry’ is depicted approximately 150m to the west.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit or small quarry of probable post-medieval to early 19th century origin, that had ceased to be worked by the later-19th century, perhaps on the enclosure of the southern part of Affaland Moor.

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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