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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013 south-east of Alston. The ditch adjoins a house and garden depicted on the Tithe Map and is interpreted as a medieval to post-medieval field boundary extending from the property with possible yard area, that passed out of use prior to 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 ditch partially corresponds to or adjoins a house and garden plot (Plot 234) to the north-east and aligns with a dog-leg in a field boundary to the south-west.

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

The ditch corresponds to two depicted trees. The building continues to be depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The ditch corresponds to trees visible in aerial photography.

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 curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork.

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 an earthwork.

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 curvilinear ditch 105 metres in length is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013. The ditch is situated in a south-west facing field south-east of Alston and is circa 20 metres at its north-east end narrowing to circa 4 metres at its south-west end.
The ditch partially corresponds to or adjoins a house and garden depicted on the Tithe Map (Plot 234) and extends from this plot to the south-west. The ditch adjoins a small dog-leg in a field boundary to the south-west. Several trees are depicted following the path of the ditch on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map and on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s. The buildings appear to have passed out of use in the late 20th or early 21st century.
The ditch is interpreted as a field boundary with a possible yard area adjacent to the house of medieval to post-medieval origin, that passed out of use prior to 1840.

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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