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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and interpreted as a medieval field boundary with a natural drainage ditch extending from it, 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 (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The ditch does not correspond with any depicted features, however it adjoins depicted field boundaries.

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

The ditch does not correspond with any depicted features. A section of rough ground is depicted immediately adjacent to the north projecting ditch.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Part of the ditch is visible as a cropmark.

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 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 situated south-west of West Peeke on a north facing slope and orientated approximately east to west and between 7 and 14 metres in width is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. A section of ditch projects north from it and adjoins a watercourse.
The east-west orientated ditch does not correspond to any features depicted in the available 19th century historic maps, however it adjoins field boundaries depicted in the Tithe Map. An area of rough ground is depicted to the north of the ditch and immediately adjacent to its north projection. The east part of the ditch and its north projection are visible as a cropmark on aerial imagery, most notably imagery taken in 2006.
The ditch is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval origin that passed out of use prior to circa 1840. The north projecting section of ditch is interpreted as a drainage ditch that partially follows the path of the field boundary and flows into the stream below, and that may have formed naturally following the removal of the field boundary.

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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