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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 on a gentle north-west facing slope on High Moors. It corresponds with the location of a spring and rough ground depicted on historic maps and is interpreted to be natural in origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Unknown date)
• NATURAL FEATURE (Undated)

Full description

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

The ditch does not correspond with any depicted features, however the land use includes 'bog'.

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

The ditch does not correspond with any depicted features, however a spring is depicted at one end and rough ground at the other.

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.

A curvilinear ditch earthwork is 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.

A narrow curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data. It has a curving south-east to north-west trajectory between a small enclosed area of rough ground and a field boundary.
The ditch is situated across plots recorded as a mix of arable, bog and coarse pasture in the Tithe Apportionment. The Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map depicts a spring at the north-west part of the ditch with small stream issuing from here and flowing to the north along the field boundary. Mid-20th century aerial imagery depicts the ditch emerging from the enclosed rough ground and joining the small stream. Modern maps show a stream issuing from the edge of the rough ground.
The ditch is therefore interpreted as the path of a small stream issuing from rough ground on the moorland, crossing the corner of the field to flow alongside the field boundary, and is therefore considered to be natural in origin. It has not been transcribed.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 812.9 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

curving boundary enclosing a small segment of the southern edge of the field and not shown on epoch 1 map ss28791464

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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