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Summary

Earthworks of linear and curvilinear banks and ditches are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. They are interpreted as field boundaries of a possible medieval field system which had largely passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

One of the earthworks partly 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 banks and ditches are visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-AUG-2019 ACCESSED 04-JAN-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A pale curvilinear cropmark 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.

Earthworks of linear and curvilinear banks and ditches, between 4m to 10m wide and broadly east to west and northeast to southwest aligned, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The western extent of the earthwork ditch at SS26451023 corresponds with a field boundary depicted on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map. The remaining earthworks do not correspond with any such features on this map or on later available historic maps but are in keeping with the surrounding historic field pattern, which is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The earthworks are therefore interpreted as field boundaries of a possible medieval field system which had largely passed out of use by the mid-19th century.
The earthwork ditch at SS26511023 is visible as a pale cropmark on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2019.

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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