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Summary

Two parallel curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013 north of Gunnacott. They are interpreted as field boundaries of probable medieval origin, that 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 BOUNDARY (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 banks do not correspond with any depicted features, however it is 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.

Two parallel curvilinear banks 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.

Two parallel 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.

Two parallel curvilinear banks, one circa 150 metres and one circa 185 metres in length, and both between 5 and 10 metres in width, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004 and 2013. The banks are situated in a north-west facing field north of Gunnacott.
The banks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they are in parallel with an adjacent depicted field boundary. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries of probable medieval origin, that may have formed part of a medieval strip field system and 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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