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Summary

A short fragment of curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The ditch is situated within woodland on a south facing slope, south of Mead, and is interpreted as a section of medieval or post-medieval field boundary 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.

Part of the ditch corresponds with a depicted field boundary. The plot name is recorded as ‘Trapple Budge’.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 14-MAR-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

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 between circa 4 and 9 metres in width and 60 metres in length, and orientated east-west is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data. The ditch is situated in an irregular shaped plot of woodland recorded as ‘Trapple Budge’ in the Tithe Apportionment and adjacent to a road leading to a ford or possible bridge across Marsland Water (MDV75353).
The east part of the ditch corresponds with a field boundary depicted on the available historic 19th century maps and modern maps. The west part of the ditch, circa 35 metres, does not correspond with any depicted features. This section adjoins the road to the west and aligns approximately with a field boundary on the other side of the road.
The ditch is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin, part of which passed out of use prior to circa 1840, possibly when the road was constructed.

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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