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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork banks, visible on lidar data captured between 2013 and 2016, are interpreted as the boundaries of a medieval field system that went out of use by the late-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.

This area is not depicted.

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

The earthworks are located in two plots of land, numbered 1102 and 1158.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 24-NOV-2016 to 25-NOV-2016 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Three curvilinear banks have been transcribed.

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.

Numerous curvilinear earthwork banks are 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.

Several curvilinear earthwork banks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 2013 and 2016. They are parallel to or aligned with extant field boundaries that are depicted on the late-19th century maps, and are interpreted as part of the medieval field system north of Druxton. Three parallel banks were spaced at approximately 22 to 28 metres apart, and are likely to have been based on strip fields. These had previously been identified during the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme, but have been re-transcribed as the lidar shows them on a slightly different and more accurate orientation. No tithe map was available for this area, and it is not certain when these boundaries fell out of use.

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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