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Summary

Several curvilinear banks and a section of ditch are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019 on a south sloping hillside north of Strawberry Water. They are tentatively interpreted as post-medieval field boundaries 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 banks and ditch do not correspond to any depicted features.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The banks and ditch do not correspond to any depicted features. This area of the field is depicted as rough or unimproved ground.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 23-FEB-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Curvilinear earthwork 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.

The vegetation on the slope makes this feature indiscernible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2005 ACCESSED 11-FEB-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

One of the curvilinear banks is visible as an earthwork.

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.

Three sections of curvilinear bank and a short section of ditch, all circa 3 metres in width and orientated north-south, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2019. The earthworks are situated on a steep south facing slope above a river valley to the north of Strawberry Water.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available 19th century maps. They are situated on the edge of an agricultural plot, which by the Ordnance Survey 25 inch Second Edition map is depicted as rough or unimproved ground. One of the bank earthworks is visible in aerial photographs taken in 2005.
The banks and ditch are of unknown origin or purpose, but may be tentatively interpreted as post-medieval field boundaries that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

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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