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Summary

An irregular shaped depression north-west of Higher West Panson Farm is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 and interpreted as an extractive pit of post-medieval or 19th century origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The depression does not correspond with any depicted features.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The earthwork depression corresponds with an area of rough ground.

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.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-AUG-2019 ACCESSED 05-FEB-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

An irregular shaped cropmark corresponding to the earthwork depression is faintly 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 irregular depression approximately 55 metres by 15 metres and situated in a field to the north-west of Higher West Panson Farm is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013.
The depression does not correspond with any features depicted on the available 19th century historic maps. It does correspond with an area of rough ground shown on 1940s aerial imagery and is visible as a faint cropmark in aerial imagery taken between 2001 and 2019. The depression is interpreted as a probable post-medieval or 19th century extractive pit that ceased to be worked by the 1880s.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 562.9 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

A possible quarry but may be modern agricultural disturbance SX 34249 91623

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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