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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 north of Lower Horslett. The ditch is interpreted as a possible trackway or former road of medieval to post-medieval origin, that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The ditch does not correspond to any depicted features, however it aligns with a section of depicted road to the south.

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 ditch is visible as a subtle earthwork.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A 160 metre length of curvilinear ditch had previously been transcribed as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project. This feature has been re-transcribed with greater accuracy based upon recent lidar data as part of the 2020-21 Tamar/Lidar project.

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 ditch is visible as a subtle earthwork.

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 ditch circa 345 metres in length and between 9 and 20 metres in width, is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013. The ditch is orientated approximately north to south across two south-east facing fields north of Lower Horslett.
The ditch does not correspond to any features depicted on the available 19th century maps, however it aligns with a section of track or road depicted to the immediate south. The ditch may extend to join a road to the north. The plot is recorded as ‘Great Ley’ in the Tithe Apportionment. The historic landscape is characterised as post-medieval enclosures.
The ditch is interpreted as a possible trackway or former road of medieval to post-medieval origin, 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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