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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 south-west of Luffincott. It is interpreted as a trackway of post-medieval origin that partially passed out of use by the late-19th century.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a possible former early medieval to post-medieval settlement and strip field system, to the west of Luffincott Farm

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The east part of the bank corresponds with a section of depicted track or path.

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.

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 240 metres in length and circa 8 metres in width, and orientated approximately north-west to south-east, is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 situated to the south-west of Luffincott.
The eastern part of the bank corresponds with a short section of track depicted on the available historic and modern maps. It is parallel with a depicted field boundary to the west of a former settlement with Rectory south of Luffincott, which passed out of use by the mid to late-20th century. It extends westwards towards an ‘Old Quarry’ depicted within a small enclosed area to the north-west on Ordnance Survey 25 inch First and Second Edition maps.
The curvilinear bank is interpreted as a trackway of post-medieval origin, that may have led from the settlement to the quarry, and that partially passed out of use prior to circa 1880.

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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