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Summary

A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013 east of Buckland Abbey. Originally tentatively interpreted as a trackway or field boundary of at least medieval origin, it is on the projected route of a modern pipeline.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) TRACKWAY? (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• PIPELINE (Late 20th Century - 1989 AD (Between) to 1989 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork ditch does not correspond with any depicted features and extends across three plots and a road.

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., Houghton, E., 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 9 metres in width and 355 metres in length is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013. The ditch is orientated north-west to south-east across several north-west facing plots east of Buckland Abbey.
The ditch does not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps and cross a number of medieval to post-medieval field boundaries and roads. The historic landscape is characterised as post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements.
The ditch is tentatively interpreted as a trackway or field boundary of medieval or earlier origin that passed out of use prior to the medieval to post-medieval layout reflected on the available historic maps. The ditch could be connected to MDV130265 and MDV130299

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 271.1 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Field boundary not shown on epoch 1 SX 49585 66568

Simkins, D., 2023, Gunnislake to Roborough Tamar Raw Water Trunk Main. Statutory notice W7725 dated 3rd May 1989 (Correspondence). SDV365627.

Reported as a possible modern pipeline trench, on the projected line to Roborough.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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