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Summary

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013. The banks form an oval shaped enclosure immediately adjacent to St James’s Church at Luffincott, possibly an Early Christian ‘llan’ enclosure, that 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

• ENCLOSURE (Post Roman to XIX - 410 AD? (Between) to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The banks partially correspond to depicted curvilinear field boundaries.

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.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

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.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

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.

Curvilinear banks between 6 and 9 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013. They are situated on a north-west facing slope on the north side of Luffincott.
The banks appear to form an incomplete oval shaped plot, with a north-east to south-west orientated bank bisecting it. The banks forming the north and west sides of the plot correspond with depicted field boundaries on the available 19th century maps. The banks forming the south side and bisecting the plot do not correspond with any depicted features.
The banks are immediately north-west of the now redundant St James’s Church of 15th century origin (MDV15222) and a barrow is recorded closely to the south (MDV2764).
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries forming a curvilinear enclosure, possibly an Early Christian ‘llan’ enclosure, that passed out of use prior to circa 1880. The bank bisecting the enclosure may be later.

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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