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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The ditch is situated on a gentle south-east facing slope north-east of East Youlstone and is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin that 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 BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The ditch does not correspond with any depicted features.

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.

An earthwork ditch 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 curvilinear ditch circa 6 metres in width and orientated approximately north-south is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data.
The ditch does not correspond to any features depicted on the available 19th century maps, although it is parallel to a field boundary that has since been removed, and spanned the entire width of a former field.
The historic landscape is characterised as rough ground, with an area of medieval enclosures based on strip fields immediately to the north and west. The medieval settlement of Alwynelancauele is recorded to the south-west (MDV16662).
The ditch is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use prior to circa 1840, that may have formed part of a medieval field system associated with the settlement.

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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