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Summary

A series of curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 south and east of Lower Horslett, Clawton. They are interpreted as 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 (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The curvilinear banks and ditches do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they are parallel to an adjacent depicted field boundary.

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 series of curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as subtle 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.

A series of curvilinear banks and ditches 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.

Six curvilinear banks and three curvilinear ditches are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013. The banks and ditches are situated in parallel and orientated approximately north-west to south-east across several south-east facing fields south and east of Lower Horslett, Clawton.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they are parallel to an adjacent depicted field boundary. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The bank and ditch earthworks are interpreted as medieval field boundaries forming a field system that partially passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 607.5 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

A pair of faintly showing parallel field boundaries not shown on epoch 1 are visible and there may be more in the adjacent field on the west side. SX327971

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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