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Summary

A series of curvilinear banks are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 to the south-east of Kempthorne. They are interpreted as medieval to post-medieval field boundaries forming a field system that partially 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 SYSTEM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

One bank partially corresponds to a depicted field boundary. The other banks do not correspond to any depicted features.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area (Cartographic). SDV363955.

A series of curvilinear banks are visible as subtle 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.

Several curvilinear banks orientated both north-west to south-east and north-east to south-west are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The banks are situated on a south-east facing hillside above the Lana Lake river to the immediate south of Kempthorne.
The southernmost bank corresponds partially with a field boundary depicted on the available 19th century maps. The other banks do not correspond to any depicted features, however two north-east to south-west orientated banks align with curving sections of depicted field boundaries. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin, that formed part of a field system on the hillside, that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

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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