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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 south-west of Pinslow Farm. It is interpreted as a medieval to post-medieval field boundary that passed out of use by the late-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 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The bank does not correspond with any depicted features. It is situated within an orchard plot.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-DEC-2004 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

A curvilinear earthwork bank is 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.

A curvilinear earthwork bank is visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 23-AUG-2019 ACCESSED 15-FEB-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The curvilinear earthwork is visible as a cropmark.

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 bank circa 50 metres in length and between 5 and 13 metres in width is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 in a large field south-west of Pinslow Farm.
The bank does not correspond with any features depicted on 19th century or modern maps. The bank is parallel to adjacent depicted boundaries and situated in an orchard, which passed out of use in the late-20th century. The bank is visible, alongside adjacent former field boundaries, as a cropmark in aerial photography dating to 2001 and 2009.
The model farm of Pinslow is recorded adjacent (MDV61870), which was built in the mid-19th century. Ordnance Survey drawings dating to 1803 depict a farmstead or settlement already in situ.
The bank is interpreted as a medieval to post-medieval field boundary that passed out of use by the late-19th century, that possibly pre-dated the planting of the orchard and the establishment of the model farm.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, British Library Online Gallery of Ordnance Survey Drawings, https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/h/002osd000000018u00022000.html (Website). SDV364177.

The 1803 Ordnance Survey Drawing OSD 29 shows the settlement of Pensleigh.

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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