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Summary

Earthworks of curvilinear banks and a ditch, interpreted as relict field boundaries of a medieval or post-medieval field system, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The field boundaries had been removed by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any features in this location.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 02-APR-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Earthworks of curvilinear banks and a ditch are visible.

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 curvilinear banks and a ditch are 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 curvilinear banks and a ditch, between 2.5-8 metres wide and orientated north-west to south-east and north-east to south-west, are visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
The earthworks occupy an area of circa 4 hectares of steep east and south-east facing slope. They do not correspond with any curvilinear features shown in this location on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, or on later available historic maps, but are in keeping with the surrounding historic field pattern, which is characterised as medieval enclosures.
The form of the earthworks supports the interpretation that they are relict field boundaries of a medieval or post-medieval field system which had been removed by the mid-19th century.
Several banks visible to the east at circa SX38648139 have been tentatively attributed to this field system. They are interspersed with earthworks of post-medieval or 19th century quarrying (MDV40925), but their form and coincidence with the surrounding historic field pattern suggests that they are less likely to be associated with these workings.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 426.16 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Field boundaries not shown on epoch 1 or Tithe Map. SX 38533 81337.

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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