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Summary

Linear earthwork banks, visible on lidar data captured in 2013, are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries that went 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 (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Several field boundaries are depicted to the south of Gorvin Farm.

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.

Linear earthwork banks are indistinctly 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.

Two linear earthwork banks, up to approximately 2.5 metres wide, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2013. They fit into the system of narrow fields depicted on the historic mapping, and are interpreted as the remains of medieval field boundaries. Only those features that are not depicted on the historic mapping have been transcribed, and these are elements of the field system that are likely to have fallen out of use by the mid-19th century.

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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