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Summary

A series of parallel curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013 north of Buckland Monachorum. They are interpreted as medieval field boundaries that formed a strip field system and 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 earthwork banks partially correspond with depicted field boundaries and those that do not correspond are parallel to depicted field boundaries.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 01-NOV-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

A series of parallel curvilinear banks are visible as 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 parallel curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

A series of parallel curvilinear banks between circa 6 and 12 metres in width and between 85 and 190 metres in length are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013. The banks are situated across a south-west facing field north of Buckland Monachorum.
Some of the earthwork banks correspond to field boundaries depicted on the Tithe Map, and those that do not correspond are parallel to depicted field boundaries. The historic landscape is characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields.
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval origin that formed a strip field system and passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 294.1 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Strips fields probably extended into the field to the south now occupied by a residential property SX 488 688

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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