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Summary

An oval depression west of West Bursdon Farm, Burford is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and is interpreted to be a post-medieval or 19th century extractive pit.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The depression does not correspond with any 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 depression 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.

An oval depression approximately 10 metres by 8 metres is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data. It is situated in a field to the immediate west of West Bursdon Farm.
The depression does not correspond with any features depicted on the available 19th century historic maps and is interpreted as the remains of a probable post-medieval or 19th century extractive pit that ceased to be worked by the 1880s. Alternatively, it may be of modern origin.

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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